LI scientist: Genes help brown tide thrive
Photo credit: Suffolk County Department of Health Services | Aerial image of Great South Bay during a harmful brown tide bloom in June 2008.
Brown tide, a recurring algae that nearly decimated Long Island's bay scallop population, owes much of its staying power to genes that help it thrive in shallow, polluted estuaries like those along the South Shore, according to new findings from a Stony Brook University scientist.
That genetic edge gives brown tide an advantage over rival microscopic organisms that are less able to cope with...
