crabtrap
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Red Tide
Sept 8, 2023 15:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by crabtrap on Sept 8, 2023 15:45:18 GMT -5
I regularly receive, via e-mail, updates concerning red tide from the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission. This year there seems to be very little or no observed red tide organisms present in the samples taken along the west coast. This is very welcomed news but seems to be an anomaly compared to previous years. Anybody have insight as to why we are getting so luck this year?
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Red Tide
Sept 9, 2023 18:35:54 GMT -5
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Post by bridgeman213 on Sept 9, 2023 18:35:54 GMT -5
Ebb and flow of nature is my guess. According to what I've read the red tide thing has been around for eons. Sure shoots the global warming nut jobs theories in the arse. At least for the time being. Only witnessed it once as I'm a newbie in these parts. Only needed to see it once that's enough.
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Post by docstressor on Sept 10, 2023 12:02:10 GMT -5
Nobody really understands all the factors involved in red tide blooms or, more importantly, what causes blooms to cease.
There are several theories, but all try to ascribe a single factor as the cause of a bloom. Some examples are Trichodesmium blooms (which fix nitrogen for the red tide organism), iron deposition from African dust (iron is a limiting nutrient), and mixing of stratified deep water with surface water. But biology is a complex system where multiple factors interact to determine periodic events such as algae blooms.
This year, there was a big Trichodesmium bloom in the spring. There was a lot of dust coming off Africa, but maybe the unusual westerly all summer long kept most of it away from the Gulf. Data from this year will need to be incorporated into future theories.
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capt louie
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Post by capt louie on Sept 12, 2023 8:39:47 GMT -5
What Doc said..
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