Results of phytoplankton monitoring by the Academy of Natural Sciences illustrates the April 2000 distribution of the Prorocentrum bloom, extending from the Bay Bridge area, south along the western shore of the Bay and into the lower Patuxent and Potomac tributaries.

See the blooms in Chesapeake Bay for the month of May.

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