Current Conditions Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected at background concentrations in one Northwest Florida sample collected offshore. We continue to use satellite imagery (USF and NOAA NCCOS) to help track nearshore and offshore conditions. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. In Northwest [...]
Current Conditions Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected at background concentrations in one Southwest Florida sample collected offshore. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in one sample collected offshore of Pinellas County. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis [...]
A surprising new finding about the polluted release from Piney Point was just revealed in an article in the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program’s Newsletter, Bay Reflections. It has been well documented that the spill at Piney Point contributed to algal blooms and red tide in the surrounding watersheds of Tampa Bay, but a new study [...]
Over the past week, the red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected at background concentrations in two samples from and offshore of Florida’s Gulf Coast. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background concentrations in one sample from offshore of Pinellas County. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. [...]
Current Conditions Over the past week, the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 27 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were not observed. We continue to use satellite imagery (USF and NOAA NCCOS) to help track nearshore and offshore conditions. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis [...]
The Science & Technology Society hosted a panel discussion with red tide experts on the evening of April 17th at the Planetarium in the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature in Bradenton. The panel discussed the many facets of red tide from what causes it, concerns about its impacts on the environment, our economy and [...]
Red Tide remains around us in various spots in our coastal waters and experts predict that as a result of the large amount of stormwater runoff generated by IAN it’s likely to stay with us for some time. What do you know about red tide? Do you know what causes it and what makes the [...]
