Thursday, April 21, 2011

Red Tide, Karenia latest report

FWC midweek report....


No samples have been collected so far this week in northwest Florida or on the east coast of Florida.

In southwest Florida, Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas County. Two samples (out of 8 total samples) collected offshore of Bunces Pass (Pinellas 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, April 22.

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