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Thousands of minnows float up dead in Melbourne s Crane Creek
Thousands of dead minnows speckled Crane Creek Monday just east of Florida East Coast railroad bridge.
The dead fish, near Melbourne Avenue and Brecht Court, were the fallout of a patchy algae bloom.
Levels of oxygen dissolved in the Indian River Lagoon dipped to 3 milligrams per liter near the mouth of the Eau Gallie River early Sunday, according to a St. Johns River Water Management District water quality monitor. But it may have dipped even lower in some spots near the monitor.
Florida algae cell count data from Friday showed an algae called
SeaWorld staff nicknamed the mom Mandy and her 1-year-old calf Manilow, after the Barry Manilow song Mandy .
Researchers noticed signs of emaciation in Mandy at the end of winter, so rescuers came to Blue Spring State Park and saved the pair in March. She weighed only 900 pounds or so. She was underweight, said Ally Greco, of Save the Manatee Club. However, this was not related to the starvation that was seen this winter in the Indian River Lagoon, as there was plenty of vegetation available near Blue Spring.
Manilow, Mandy s nursing calf, was healthy.
Missy Gibbs, a Stetson professor and president of the Friends of Blue Spring State Park, said it s not uncommon for first-time moms like Mandy to over-nurse their babies.