Sharp rise in Florida manatee deaths as algal blooms hasten food depletion
by Richard Luscombe in Miami from Environment | The Guardian on (#5JF9Y)
- Death toll at 749, on course to pass high mark set in 2018
- Pollution including nutrient runoff kills seagrass
Environmental groups in Florida are warning that unusually high numbers of manatee deaths in the first five months of the year, blamed in part on resurgent algal blooms contaminating and destroying food sources, could threaten the long-term future of the species.
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