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.

Red Tide report for the Gulf Coast

Yesterdays report from via FWC — Background concentrations of K. brevis were detected in one sample collected alongshore of Sarasota County.  Yet, with medium to high concentrations of K. brevis present last week along Lee and Collier counties, it is possible that patches are still present in unsampled (offshore) areas of these regions.

The Karenia brevis bloom that has been present in southwest Florida for the past several months was detected late last week and early this week in water samples collected offshore and south of the Cape Sable area (Monroe County).  Samples in this area ranged in concentration from medium to very low.  One sample collected this week at Goodland Bridge (southern Collier County) also had very low concentrations of K. brevis.

Karenia brevis was not detected in water samples analyzed so far this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Lee counties, in the Indian River Lagoon (Brevard County) or alongshore of Levy, Flagler and St. Johns counties.

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

More Red Tide and Nutrient Load for Florida? HB 421

I find it pretty "mind-boggling" that under consideration are potential changes to allow for an increase of nutrients into the water-ways of Florida after what we have had to endure with the likes of the BP disaster and the effects on tourism, fishing and sports fishing industry etc, etc.

After all of the extensive pro-active measures that Sarasota County implemented; Florida on a State level is actually considering removing the local ability to address these issues, then I guess as we have to remedy the ramifications on a local basis and get landed with the costs too.

Do we really need to take a chance of exasperating the situation let alone the remedial costs incurred by a severe out break of Red Tide or waterway pollution, be it travel industry or on a local basis? The incalculable cost to wild life and health associated to polluted algae laden waters. What I'm I missing here? Common sense?

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6.17.11 Red Tide Report

East Coast

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week in the Indian River Lagoon (Brevard County) or offshore of Volusia County.

 

Discolored water reported in the Indian and Banana Rivers (Brevard County) for the past several weeks (first reported 05/13/2011) is from a continuing bloom of the prasinophyteNephroselmis. No effects of this bloom have been reported.

 

 

Northwest Coast

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in a water sample collected this week alongshore of Citrus County.
 

 

Southwest Coast

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Manatee, Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties or offshore of Lee County. One sample collected alongshore and one offshore of Pinellas County and one sample collected inshore of Sarasota County each contained background concentrations of K. brevis.