Aquatic Species Kills in New Mexico

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Aquatic species kills can be attributed to either human activities or natural causes. Generally, aquatic species kills in New Mexico are due to low dissolved oxygen, botulism, and algal blooms.

Many aquatic species kills are from unknown causes. This is generally due to kills not being reported to authorities quickly enough. Causes of kills, especially in streams and rivers, are generally short in duration. While this can still have large effects killing large numbers of individuals the cause may have disappeared by the time authorities can get to the scene. For this reason notifying the authorities must be done as soon as possible after a kill is seen or suspected. Whenever a kill occurs there is the chance that physical evidence of the cause of the kill is left behind. The sooner a kill is reported the better the chances of determining a cause.

NW - Albuquerque Office Brian Gleadle, Supervisor 3841 Midway Place NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 Phone: (505) 222-4700 Fax: (505) 222-4720   NE - Raton Office: Lief Ahlm, Supervisor 215 York Canyon Road PO Box 1145 Raton, NM 87740 Phone: (505) 445-2311 Fax: (505) 445-5651   SW - Las Cruces Office: Luis Rios, Supervisor 2715 Northrise Drive Las Cruces, NM 88011 Phone: (505) 532-2100 Fax: (505) 522-8382   SE - Roswell Office: Roy Hayes, Supervisor 1912 W Second Street Roswell, NM 88201 Phone: (505) 624-6135 Fax: (505) 624-6136