East Coast
Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in a water sample collected this week in Guana Lake (St. Johns County).
Northwest Coast
Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Bay, Dixie and Levy counties.
Southwest Coast
Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties or offshore of Lee County. One sample collected alongshore of Sarasota County and two samples collected offshore of Collier County contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
Discolored water reported alongshore and offshore of Collier County is from a mixed algal bloom that includes the dinoflagellate Takayama tuberculata and several species of diatoms. Mortalities and morbidities of sharks, rays, various fish species, lobsters, crabs and other invertebrates have been reported concurrently with this bloom.
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