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Algal Bloom Kills Thousands of Sea Dragons in Worst Global Mass Mortality for the Fish Family

Analysis of citizen scientist records shows more than 1,600 weedy and leafy sea dragons, 1,400 pipefishes and 160 seahorses washed up along South Australia's coastline during a devastating harmful algal bloom, in what ecologists call the worst mass mortality event for the fish family worldwide.

Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom
Algal Bloom Kills Thousands of Sea Dragons in Worst Global Mass Mortality for the Fish Family
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Analysis of citizen scientist records shows more than 1,600 weedy and leafy sea dragons, 1,400 pipefishes and 160 seahorses washed up along South Australia's coastline during a devastating harmful algal bloom, in what ecologists call the worst mass mortality event for the fish f…