The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the ...

A new study found that dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon starved when seagrass meadows ... and found that their diet shifted following algae blooms that killed off seagrass.

Florida dolphins are starving to death because of harmful marine algae blooms, researchers have said. In 2013, 8 percent of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon perished.