More sea horses?

This is Paul Janensch with a Treasure Coast Essay about sea horses.  Their population in the Indian River Lagoon seems to be on the rise.  That’s what researchers at Florida Tech’s Vero Beach Marine Lab and the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce told TCPalm,com.   If so, it is a sign that sea grass beds – devastated in the 2011 algae super bloom -- are on the rebound.  Sea horses spend their lives in the sea grass beds.  They feed on tiny marine life and are able to hide from predators.  Adults range in size from one to eight inches.  An organization called Project Seahorse invites us to report sightings of these creatures as part of its effort to study and protect them.  For information, put iSeahorse in an internet search box.  I’m Paul Janensch.