Thread: Fish Kill
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Old 06-08-2006, 01:41 PM   #8
baldwin
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Sounds to me like Pfiesteria piscicida. That stuff is toxic to humans, too. It's been responsible for kills of up to 1 billion menhaden in North Carolina, and its proliferation may be linked to excess nitrogen loading from agricultural and sewage pollution.
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