The Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists along Sarasota and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida. Over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to very low concentrations in 6 samples collected from Sarasota County and background concentrations in 1 sample collected from Charlotte County. Additional samples collected throughout Florida over the past [...]
A bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, persists along Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte and northern Lee counties in Southwest Florida. Over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to very low concentrations in 4 samples collected from Pinellas County; background to low concentrations in 6 samples collected from Manatee County; [...]
A patchy bloom of the Florida red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is present along Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, and Lee counties in southwest Florida. Over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to medium concentrations in 5 samples collected in and alongshore of Pinellas County, background to very low concentrations in 5 samples [...]
A patchy bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, persists along Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Collier, and Monroe counties in Southwest Florida. Over the past week, Karenia brevis was detected in background to low concentrations in 55 samples collected in, along, and offshore of Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte counties; background concentrations in [...]
A bloom of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, persists along Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, and northern Collier counties in Southwest Florida. Karenia brevis was detected in low to high concentrations in 9 samples collected in and alongshore of Pinellas County; background to medium concentrations in 22 samples collected inshore of Hillsborough [...]
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Based on the most recent available satellite images and analysis of water samples, patchy blooms of Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, persist along Bay and Gulf counties in Northwest Florida and Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida. Background concentrations were also confirmed in samples collected along Franklin, Lee, and Collier [...]
