• Robblee provides Superintendent Finley with memo summarizing seagrass die-off as understood at that time.
• On this basis Finley provides funds to gather researchers to evaluate die-off
• NPS sponsors field survey lead by Robblee
• Paul Carlson (FMRI), Mike Durako (FMRI), Jim Fourqurean (FIU), Lisa Muehlstein (UGA), David Porter (UGA), and Jay Zieman (UVA) participate in field trip
• Porter and Muehlstein determine that an undescribed species of Labyrinthula is the most commonly detected micro-organism in sites with die-off.
• Leaf lesions are evident at sites exhibiting die-off