In recent decades, annual cyanobacteria blooms in Florida Bay displayed spatial and temporal patterns that are consistent with changes in alkalinity and dissolved silicon in water. In early summer, the blooms developed in the north–central bay and spread southward in fall. The blooms drew down dissolved inorganic carbon and increased water pH, causing in situ precipitation of calcium carbonate. Dissolved silicon concentrations in these waters were at minimum in spring (20–60 µM), increased during summer, and reached an annual maximum (100–200 µM) during late summer. The dissolution of silica as a result of high pH in bloom water was first observed in this study. During the peak of blooms, silica dissolution in Florida Bay varied from 0.9 × 10⁷ to 6.9 × 10⁷ mol per month over the study period, depending on the extent of cyanobacteria blooms in a given year. Concurrent calcium carbonate precipitations in the cyanobacteria bloom region are between 0.9 × 10⁸ and 2.6 × 10⁸ mol per month. It is estimated that 30–70% of atmospheric CO₂ uptake in bloom waters was precipitated as calcium carbonate mineral and remainders of CO₂ influx were used for the production of biomass.

近几十年来，佛罗里达湾每年的蓝藻大量繁殖显示出与水中碱度和溶解硅的变化一致的空间和时间模式。初夏，花朵在中北部海湾发育，并在秋季向南蔓延。水华吸收了溶解的无机碳并增加了水的 pH 值，导致碳酸钙就地沉淀。这些水中的溶解硅浓度在春季最低 (20–60 µM)，在夏季增加，并在夏末达到年度最大值 (100–200 µM)。在这项研究中首次观察到二氧化硅由于高 pH 值而在白化水中溶解。在水华高峰期，佛罗里达湾的二氧化硅溶解度从 0.9 × 10 ⁷到 6.9 × 10 ^7不等 摩尔在研究期间每月，取决于给定年份蓝藻大量繁殖的程度。蓝藻水华区同时发生的碳酸钙沉淀在 每月0.9 × 10 ⁸和 2.6 × 10 ^{8摩尔之间。}据估计，大气中吸收的 30-70% 的 CO ₂在水华中被沉淀为碳酸钙矿物，剩余的 CO ₂流入量用于生产生物质。