Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was measured in water samples collected this week ranging from background to low concentrations at several locations in, along and offshore of Pinellas County south to Lee County. Additional samples collected in Florida waters this week did not contain K. brevis. Patchy blooms of various organisms including Pyrodinium [...]
Southwest Region: Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in samples collected this week inshore and alongshore of Pinellas County south to Collier County. (Courtesy) of FWRI.
Southwest Region: Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was detected in background concentrations in one sample collected inshore each of Pinellas and Sarasota counties. Other samples collected in southwest Florida this week did not contain K. brevis. Courtesy of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission
Southwest Region: Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was detected in background concentrations in only one sample collected inshore of Manatee County this week. All other samples collected this week alongshore, inshore or offshore of southwest Florida did not contain K. brevis. Courtesy of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Southwest Region:Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was found in background concentrations in several samples collected alongshore, inshore and offshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties this week. One sample collected alongshore of Pinellas County contained very low concentrations. Other samples collected throughout southwest Florida did not contain K. brevis.
Southwest Florida coast current status report – May 3, 2013 Southwest Region: Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was found in background to very low concentrations in several samples collected alongshore and inshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties this week. Other samples collected throughout southwest Florida did not contain K. [...]
The FWRI report issued on February 22, 2013: Southwest Region: A bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, persists in southwest Florida, with the highest concentrations detected this week in the Pine Island Sound System (Lee County). Very low to medium concentrations were also detected alongshore and inshore of Sarasota, Charlotte and Collier [...]
