Kumar Mahadevan, Richard Pierce, Barbara Kirkpatrick, Gary Kirkpatrick, L. Kellie Dixon, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
This website provides access to a news article published in September 2005 by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in which Mote Marine researchers responded to a series of questions posed by the Herald-Tribune editorial board about red tides. The article discusses a historical bloom event that occurred on Florida's Gulf Coast in 2005. The article also provides information about the causative organism, Karenia brevis, as well as about the general occurrence of red tides in this region, health effects, and the environmental factors that trigger a bloom event.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health Resource Type: Policy Resources, Scientific Resources:Opinion, Research Results, Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: General Public, Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12) Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine, Surface Waters Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:EcologyKeyword: Dead Zone
