Originally Posted By: dave in el dorado ca
if todd didnt nail it, i smell landowner intervention.......(i.e. pond dye or something in addition to natural causes due to more water...depth, lack of light penetration, phytoplankton bloom)


Interesting that you should say that, because there is a famous lake in Lincoln called Capital Beach that had a fantabulous sago takeover that occured last year due to water that was too clear. When they consulted me for possible solutions I suggested that they try to use a dye early in the year. You might wonder why they had their sago bloom in 2009, and the answer we've come up with is that the water has a super high salinity, and that most typical algae in this area that are saline tolerant are also "late bloomers" so to speak, and couldn't get a foothold before the sago took off.


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