Algae Growth Tied to Nevada Fish Kill
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FALLON, Nev. — A sudden growth of algae fed by farmland runoff is tentatively being blamed for the latest fish kill at the Stillwater Wildlife Management Area east of here.
About 10,000 carp, catfish and Sacramento black fish have died over the last week at Lead Lake, near the Carson Sink, where 7 million tui chub died earlier this year.
While definitive test results will take at least a month to complete, preliminary investigation at the lake shows a high algae level that scientists say nearly depleted the oxygen supply of the lake, 90 miles northeast of Reno.
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