South Australia’s toxic algal bloom has arrived on Adelaide’s beaches, deepening public concern about the unfolding catastrophe which has affected the state’s coastline since March.
Until recently, city beaches had escaped the worst of the deadly bloom of Karenia mikimotoi algae, which had devastated marine life from the Fleurieu peninsula, the Kangaroo Island, the Yorke peninsula and the Ramsar-listed Coorong amid warmer-than-normal sea temperatures.
