On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Larry Bliven wrote: > http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~mhenry/WREDTIDE.phtml (quote snipped) > does this website offer a realistic view of florida red tides? I just looked at it. Seems OK. Bear in mind that while Gymnodinium breve is the usual culprit around here, there are LOTS of other species involved in HAB's. Fla. has had red tides since at least as far back as 1844, so we can't blame pollution here. One theory was that red tides occurred when the freshwater inflow to the Gulf was between certain limits. I don't know how well that one has checked out. My own interest has been more in shipping ballast water transfer of foreign species, because of my involvement in an environmental brouhaha in NW Scotland (proposed major coastal superquarry in my neighborhood). I'm not a marine biologist. e Elaine Harmon - eilidh_at_dc.seflin.org - eharmon_at_cs.miami.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Oct 23 1999 - 09:02:43 PDT
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