In southwest Florida, Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee counties. One sample (out of 5 total samples) collected alongshore of Collier County contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
Sampling will continue this week, and complete results will be available in the next scheduled status report on Friday, January 29.
Visit (http://research.myfwc.com/features/category_sub.asp?id=4434) for the Florida Red Tide Current Status Report and select the statewide summary or a region of interest for more information and sampling details.
The University of South Florida's College of Marine Science Center for Prediction of Red Tides (http://cprweb.marine.usf.edu) uses coupled biophysical 3-D models to track and predict harmful algal blooms in the southeastern United States. Various experimental products include Karenia flag maps of bloom locations (http://cprweb.marine.usf.edu/products/karenia-satellite-flags), 3.5 day HAB trajectory forecasts along with nowcasts, which are reports of current conditions, and forecast models (http://cprweb.marine.usf.edu/models).
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