Case Study: Salton Sea 1997
- January
- 50,000 tilapia infected with bacteria [a]
- February-March
- ~364 deaths avian botulism
- + 1,000 undiagnosed deaths
- May
- 10,000 fish infected with bacteria [a]
- ~2,000 birds with neurological disorder
- June
- ~1,600 birds infected with virus [b]
- August 5
- 10,000 tilapia => 121 birds
- Aug 8
- 1,000,000 fish infected with parasite [c]
- Total bird deaths: 6,845 (537 pelicans)
- Fish Kill pictures
- [a] Vibrio alginolyticus (cholera genus)
- [b] Mesogenic Newcastle disease (~humans)
- [c] Amyloodium ocellatum (dinoflagellate)