Ocklawaha, Fla. – A blue-green algae bloom at Lake Weir in Ocklawaha is at the center of an alert issued by the Florida Department of Health in Marion County on Monday.
Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and botryococcus braunii toxins have been detected in the water, which are the result of blue-green algae. [TRENDING: Search ongoing for missing Fla.
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These blooms can turn the water blue, green, brown, orange or red and are usually easily spotted due to the build up of scum