Karenia brevis, starting to pop up in samples

Southwest CoastKarenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Charlotte counties. One sample collected each alongshore of Lee and Collier counties, two samples collected alongshore of Sarasota County and one sample collected offshore of Pinellas County contained background concentrations of K. brevis. Samples collected last week just offshore between the Pavilion Key and Ponce De Leon Bay areas (northern Monroe County) contained concentrations of K. brevis ranging from low to medium.

Bloom Boundary: Sample analysis confirmed patchy concentrations of Karenia brevis last week in southwest Florida just offshore of northern Monroe County between the Pavilion Key and Ponce de Leon areas.  Recent satellite images suggest the continued presence of a small bloom in this area.

 

Northwest CoastKarenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week offshore of Dixie and Hernando counties.

 

East CoastKarenia 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 Volusia and Dade counties.

Red Tide report

The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not detected in water samples collected so far this week in the Indian River Lagoon (Brevard County) or offshore of Hernando and Dixie counties.  On the southwest coast of Florida, one sample collected alongshore of Sarasota County (out of 21 total samples) and one sample collected alongshore of Collier County (out of 9 total samples) each contained background concentrations of K. brevis.  Two samples collected late last week offshore of Pavilion Key (northern Monroe County) contained medium concentrations of K. brevis.