via FWC The Karenia brevis bloom present in southwest Florida has been documented so far this week in waters between southern Lee County and Collier County. Low to high concentrations of K. brevis have been detected alongshore of Sanibel Island and background to medium concentrations have been detected alongshore and inshore of Marco Island. In between Sanibel and Marco islands, background to very low concentrations of K. brevis were detected. While K. brevis concentrations are patchy along the southwest coast, satellite images suggest that the bloom is present from southern Lee County south to Cape Sable (Monroe County).
Additionally, samples collected early last week alongshore and offshore of the Atlantic side of the Florida Keys revealed concentrations of K. brevis ranging from background to medium. Due to the fact that K. brevis has not been detected in this area in association with the current bloom, today’s map includes these data points.
Karenia brevis was not detected in water samples analyzed so far this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Charlotte, Citrus, Levy and Taylor counties, in the Indian River Lagoon (Brevard County) or offshore of the Florida Keys (Gulf side).
Sampling will continue this week, and complete results will be available in the next scheduled status report on Thursday, December 22.
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