Kristen Buck led a research team to collect water and sediment samples to determine how the Tampa Bay ecosystem responded to a controlled release of nutrient-rich waste water. Early results show the effects were not widespread and nutrient concentrations of Tampa Bay are now more typical.
“We will continue to work with state agencies leading the response effort and other local partners to sample water and sediments potentially affected by the discharge to better understand the transport, transformation, and fate of its chemical constituents, nitrogen and phosphorus in particular,” Buck said.
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