Suffering Bottlenose Dolphins of Indian River Lagoon

Dr. Greg Bossart has been researching bottlenose dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon for many years. He continues to be astonished by how many different ailments dolphins must deal with including viruses, skin-eating fungal infections, heightened resistance to antibiotics and high levels (21x acceptable limits) of mercury. Hear about the suite of sufferings and learn what we can do to help the dolphins of Indian Lagoon.
Aaron Viles, Campaign Director with the Gulf Coast Restoration Network joins us for an update on further unexpected developments following the massive oil leak. Aaron tells how a twenty mile in diameter, thousand foot depth oily plume may have vanished.
Chris Laughlin, Ocean Champions, called in to say ocean protection paddler Margo Pellegrino (featured in last episode) was welcomed to Santa Cruz Harbor beach.
Margo’s off to San Diego shaded by an OC cap. Mike Dunmyer completed the episode with ocean conservation actions on Capital Hill for this fall.