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@DrPlanktonguy@ecoevo.social
2025-05-17 13:30:08

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Plankton is fundamental to the functioning of aquatic #ecosystems. An example was seen in the 2013 deaths of #Florida bottlenose dolphins. Dense harmful phytoplankton

image/jpeg a sleek, grey, bottlenosed dolphin comes partially out of the water with a fish captured it in its mouth. Photo from Sarasota Dolphin Research Program. https://sarasotadolphin.org/tangled-food-web/

Scientists link a phytoplankton bloom to starving dolphins in Florida
A phytoplankton bloom damaged habitats, deprived bottlenose dolphins of nutritious prey, and led to a sharp rise in strandings and deaths.

@nerb@techhub.social
2025-04-21 13:39:08

Took a walk along the Venetian Waterway Park this morning. Noticed what I first thought was a bicycle track leading from the water. Look closely.
#florida

I am standing on a concrete sidewalk . There is a sandy area in front of me that leads to a brush filled bank to the intracoastal waterway in Venice Florida which is salt water. There is a grooved track leading from the water that has a regular side to side weave to it. On the sides of it are large paw prints . I'd say alligator but could have also been a large invasive lizard.
@nerb@techhub.social
2025-04-21 13:39:08

Took a walk along the Venetian Waterway Park this morning. Noticed what I first thought was a bicycle track leading from the water. Look closely.
#florida

I am standing on a concrete sidewalk . There is a sandy area in front of me that leads to a brush filled bank to the intracoastal waterway in Venice Florida which is salt water. There is a grooved track leading from the water that has a regular side to side weave to it. On the sides of it are large paw prints . I'd say alligator but could have also been a large invasive lizard.