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Old 05-05-2015, 07:48 AM
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Does anybody know what that scum is that is all over the bay, and where it is from?
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Old 05-05-2015, 08:11 AM
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Algea bloom
http://patch.com/new-jersey/middleto...-in-the-spring
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Old 05-05-2015, 09:20 AM
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Tell me the best spot I can get a sample from the shore and I will investigate.
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Old 05-05-2015, 10:20 AM
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I thought Algae needed warm water? We sure dont have that. The article mentions 80 degree SST. Not this year at this time. Even 60's would be generously high now. Maybe in July?



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It looked like pollen to me.
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Old 05-05-2015, 11:45 AM
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It looked like pollen to me.
I want to think so, but it looked like too much to me.
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Tell me the best spot I can get a sample from the shore and I will investigate.
It's all over the bay, maybe thicker in the west.
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Old 05-05-2015, 01:24 PM
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it's staten islands doo doo ! the time of year were they flush their systems of all their b.s
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Old 05-05-2015, 06:49 PM
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Pollen
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Old 05-05-2015, 07:28 PM
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