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Harmful Algal Blooms
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Algae are plants that lack true roots, stems, or leaves. They range in size from microscopic single-celled organisms to giant kelp more than 200 feet long.


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Lorem
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The dredging project to open the lagoon between Hideaway Beach and Marco Island was designed to incorporate a sand berm to prevent waves from the Gulf of Mexico from "overwashing" the barrier island. A storm shortly after the project was completed wiped out sections of the berm. The displaced sand was deposited along a mangrove fringe on the mainland. A large patch of mangroves died as a result.

Excessive Nutrients

Vegetation map

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Septic tanks

Nitrogen cycle

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Naples Bay

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Beaches

Beach at Registry

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Development

Waterfront development

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Sea levels and climate

Nitrogen cycle

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Drinking water

Nitrogen cycle

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Everglades City

Everglades City

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Green Heart of the Everglades

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Spinning Fish in the Keys

Sawfish postcard

No, this isn't a Collier County issue.

It's important to recognize, however, that very few of the issues confronting Florida's environment and water quality can be isolated to a single point on the map.

The state's geology is unique. The ground beneath our feet was a sea bottom for hundreds of thousands of years. The limestone formed from millions of accumulated marine organisms that fell to that bottom. Ancient sand dunes and coral reefs contributed.

We have learned that the Red Tide that sometimes visits Collier County's beaches, while a naturally occurring phenomenon, can increase in frequency and intensity as a result of human influences. Excess nutrients generated as far away as Orlando flow into Lake Okeechobee, then are discharged down the Caloosahatchee River into the Gulf of Mexico, where they are suspected of feeding Karina brevis, the algae we know as Red Tide.