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 offshore of Palm Beach County.
Discolored water that has been reported in the Indian and Banana Rivers (Brevard County) for more than four 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 Levy County or offshore of Dixie County.
Southwest Coast
Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was not detected in water samples collected this week alongshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota, Lee and Collier counties or alongshore and offshore of the Florida Keys (Monroe County). One sample collected alongshore of Charlotte County contained background concentrations of K. brevis.
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