Chris Reich's research while affiliated with United States Geological Survey and other places

... However, recent seagrass losses attributed to harmful algal blooms and tropical storm impacts have occurred in Tampa Bay (Tomasko et al., 2020;Beck et al., 2022b;Lopez et al., 2023); and decreasing pH has been observed over the past decade (Karlen et al., 2023). Submarine groundwater discharge has been documented in Florida estuaries (Swarzenski et al., 2007;Charette et al., 2013) and may also contribute to localized acidification events. Seagrasses are predicted to benefit from elevated pCO 2 and are capable of increasing pH and carbonate mineral saturation states through photosynthesis, which in turn, may buffer against acidification (Sunday et al., 2017;Cyronak et al., 2018;Pacella et al., 2018). ...

... Evidence has indicated that nutrient loadings from SGD can be as substantial as those from surface water due to the large amount of SGD and high nutrient levels in SGD (Swarzenski et al., 2007;Hwang et al., 2010;Rodellas et al., 2015;Santos et al., 2021;Garcia-Orellana et al., 2021). Moreover, the occurrence of environmental issues such as harmful algal blooms in coastal areas is closely associated with this process (Hu et al., 2006). ...