Cleanup continued Monday on Brazoria County Beaches after a fish kill washed ashore tens of thousands of dead fish along several Texas beaches over the weekend.
Although the sight — and smell — of thousands of dead fish can be shocking, Texas has been a. And if the environmental conditions are right, Texas beaches could see more dead fish wash ashore again, experts said.
"Park crews are spending and largely at Follett's Island area, cleaning up some remaining dead fish and seaweed that came ashore, but also trash that was left behind by tourists. Brazoria County park crews will continue to be on-site until county public beaches are clean," Frazier wrote. Quintana Beach provided a final update on the fish kill, noting high tides this week should bring the remaining fish ashore and bury them in the sand.Journal of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
The largest number of fish kill events and the highest number of fish killed occurred during Texas' warmest months, and the leading cause of fish kills was found to be low dissolved oxygen concentrations,"due to both physical and biological factors," the study found.
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