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'High levels" of red tide and blue-green algae have bloomed in Charlotte Harbor in a rare mixing of two of the most devastating types of harmful algae blooms.How and why a saltwater-based algae bloom is coexisting with another known for its presence in freshwater lakes and streams, while not unrecorded in history, is perplexing marine researchers. ....

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