Red Tide report 8.19.11

Amazingly despite the amount of rain we've had the water clarity is still relatively good...

Here's the most recent report...

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 and offshore of Martin and Broward counties.

 

Discolored water that has been reported in the Indian and Banana Rivers (Brevard County) for almost three months (first reported 05/13/2011) is from an ongoing bloom of a non-toxic alga.  Fish kills have recently co-occurred with this on-going algal bloom.

 

Northwest Coast

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Dixie and Levy counties or offshore of Levy and Hernando counties.

 

Southwest Coast

Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore between Pinellas and Collier counties or offshore of Pinellas and Lee counties