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The bloom may be centered in the Santa Barbara Channel, though it's tough to pinpoint exactly where it is as sea lions feed and travel long distances. "I'd say numbers wise it's not quite as bad as last summer, but it's still early," said Sam Dover, executive director of the Wildlife Institute, which has rescued more than 50 sea lions over the past two weeks.This is the third year in a row that a harmful algal bloom has resulted in a notable number of sick sea lions showing up on our shores.
"These blooms come and go, but it does seem like over my career, we're just measuring more toxins as these blooms happen," said Clarissa Anderson, director of the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System, which monitors domoic acid levels."There are reasons to think that certain aspects of the climate and the way that warming is changing the nutrient dynamics in the ocean could be playing a role here and increasing the toxicity of these blooms," Anderson said.
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