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Those Dam Dead Fish

You will recall my earlier post some days ago about the whole heap a dead fish in the Mona Reservoir. Well there is this news article in the Gleaner today refuting the "lack of oxygen" story that one of the men picking out the dead fish had told me.

In a nutmegshell, the dead fish was likely (that means dem nuh sure) to be from Algal Bloom and Vernal Overturn.

For definitions, since I know you don't know, continue reading....

ALGAL BLOOM
Rapid growth of algae competing with the fish for dissolved oxygen or blocking the fish gills.

ooooooon, so the "lack of oxygen" could really be the cause then, hmmmm

VERNAL OVERTURN
As a result of temperature changes, convection currents re-circulate within the body of water - the water at different levels of the reservoir 'turn over'.

Cyan't seh mi neva teach yuh some sigh-ance pon mi blog

Posted by yamfoot at February 7, 2004 12:40 PM