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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Julia Musto

Dolphins are starving to death in Florida. Scientists say a plankton bloom is to blame

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said.

In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished. Now, new investigations have revealed that the highly intelligent marine mammals may have starved because their hunting grounds were destroyed by a phytoplankton bloom produced by human activity.

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