Quarterly water-quality reports show rising salinities, winter blooms and low oyster recruitment in Indian River Lagoon Scientists reported unusually dry conditions leading to higher salinities at multiple monitoring sites, continued winter bloom conditions including Aureoumbra (brown tide), no hypoxia recorded in the reporting window, and seasonally low oyster recruitment and seagrass percent cover at several transects.

Rising salinities and low oyster recruitment are raising concerns in the Indian River Lagoon as scientists report alarming conditions and persistent blooms.

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