Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Red Tide diminishing

Red Tide is diminishing at long last; the latest report via FWC


Southwest Coast
The Karenia brevis bloom which has been present in southwest Florida for the past several months was only detected this week in two alongshore areas. Very low concentrations were detected at Lighthouse Beach and Lovers Key State Park (southern Lee County) and very low to low concentrations were found at Caxambas Pass, South Marco Beach and Goodland Bridge (southern Collier County).
Karenia brevis was not detected in water samples analyzed this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties or alongshore of the Florida Keys (Monroe County) and offshore of Sarasota County.

Bloom Boundary:  Sample analysis confirms that the K. brevis bloom is present in small patches alongshore of southern Lee County and southern Collier County at very low and low concentrations.

Northwest Coast
No samples were analyzed this week for the Northwest coast of Florida.

East Coast
Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week in the Indian River Lagoon system (Brevard County) or alongshore of Dade County

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