Red Tide
Satellite imagery over the past week has detected no chlorophyll off the coast of Southwest Florida.
On 1/25/23, the FWC reported that over the past week the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was detected in 102 samples from and offshore of Southwest Florida over the past week. Bloom concentrations (>100,000 cells/liter) were present in 9 samples: five in Manatee County and four in Lee County.
In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was observed at background to low concentrations in Pinellas County, background to medium concentrations in Manatee County, background to low concentrations in and offshore of Sarasota County, background to low concentrations in Charlotte County, background to medium concentrations in and offshore of Lee County, and background concentrations in Collier County.
SCCF observed K. brevis at background concentrations in Tarpon Bay, medium to high concentrations in Pine Island Sound, and high concentrations on coastal beaches and the Causeway.
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