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A Year and a Hurricane Apart

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Nutrient Loading in the St. Lucie Estuary in the Summers of 2016 and 2017

The recent history St. Lucie Estuary has included a devastating harmful algal bloom crisis in 2016 and the passage of Hurricane Irma in 2017. SECOORA member Florida Atlantic University broadcasts real time data from the estuary through the Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network of Environmental Sensors (IRLON). The IRLON network includes nutrient and biogeochemical sensors that provide data on the response of the base of the food chain to the mixing and flows of water in the estuary. This presentation will provide a perspective on how the sources of nutrients and high flow events change the environment in the estuary. Presented by Ian Walsh, Director of Science at Sea-Bird Scientific.

Read Dr. Walsh whitepaper on this topic, Autonomous nutrients systems help to understand sources of nutrients within the St. Lucie Estuary [PDF].

Source: SECOORA