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2011 Superbloom: <br /> The IRL Superbloom likely <br /> began in March 2011 in <br /> Banana River Lagoon. Ar <br /> - It spread to Northern IRL ' _. <br /> and Mosquito Lagoon. <br /> • It was unprecedented in 11 PRO <br /> magnitude and duration <br /> lasting almost 8 months <br /> • During the peak of the <br /> bloom, cell counts reached <br /> over 2 billion cells per <br /> liter. <br /> P, <br /> ,�Dta� #i u� a <br /> �r��d� '` cqurtesy pf, <br /> esa <br /> 2011 Algae Blooms: Bad Year for Seagrasses <br /> 'Superbloom'region: umbuivscognm Southern <br /> Mosquito <br /> Banana and N. IRL and , Lagoon <br /> southern <br /> T wt usv�l! <br /> � s Mosquito Lagoon Northern <br /> Indian River <br /> Surpassed all previous Lagoon <br /> Banana <br /> blooms in terms ofcocoa "t River <br /> intensity and duration. <br /> agoon <br /> Chlorophyll a <br /> concentrations were <br /> greater than 100 ug/L for Eau GaUhe <br /> M9�boume � <br /> almost 8 months in <br /> duration. <br /> Central <br /> Dominant species in the Indian <br /> River <br /> bloom were 2 pico- Lagoon <br /> planktonic groups: <br /> 2011 Superbloom area <br /> cyanobacteria and green Vero Beach <br /> micro-flagellates. 2011—c—dwy bloom area <br /> '7- iA- 16 <br />