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Bay 101: Fish Kills



June 15, 2012

In this follow-up segment to Bay 101: Algae Blooms, we revisit Charlie Poukish of the Maryland Department of the Environment to document a fish kill and discover the relationship between environmental factors that harm the Chesapeake Bay.
Closed Captions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjGGFOHny6w

Produced by Steve Droter
Music: “A Moment of Jazz” by Ancelin

Keywords: fertilizer, nitrogen, nutrients, Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Program, Bay 101, fish kill, algae, runoff, Phosphorus, stormwater, water pollution, Prorocentrum minimum, mahogany tide, Karlodinium veneficum, green slime

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Ann Schultz says:
June 24, 2012

Has anyone reported a fish kill that happened Friday, June 22 in the Chesapeake baynear the state park?  There were thousands of small silver fish washing ashore starting at around noon.



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