The red tide organism Karenia brevis was detected in 75 samples collected from Florida’s Gulf Coast last week, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Bloom concentrations ...
Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides for Pinellas County to northern Monroe County predict variable movement of surface and subsurface waters over the next 3.5 days.
Large concentrations can discolor water from red to brown, causing blooms to be called "red tides." K. brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico but has been recorded on Florida's east ...