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NOAA, partners predict mild harmful algal blooms for western Lake Erie this year

July 5, 2012

In its first-ever seasonal harmful algal bloom forecast for Lake Erie, NOAA researchers are predicting that western Lake Erie will have a mild bloom this summer, equivalent to conditions last seen in 2007.

A diver swims among coral and fish in Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Credit: NOAA.

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