SBU professor: Excessive nitrogen the major polluter of LI bodies of water

Stony Brook University professor Christopher Gobler summed up the results of the annual summer weekly report on Long Island water quality on Wednesday at Lake Ronkonkoma County Park. He and other environmental advocates blamed excessive nitrogen as the major cause of pollution of bodies of water Islandwide, including blue-green algal blooms and low-oxygen waters. Credit: James Carbone