Causes
Nitrogen and phosphorus
What are nutrients?
Fuels rapid algae growth.
What is Nutrient Enrichment?
A discoloration of seawater caused by a bloom of toxic algae
What is Red Tide
The use of copper sulfate, ozone, sodium hypochlorite, and more
What are Chemical Controls?
Season in which Red Tides are the strongest
What is Summer?
Ocean conditions that lead to Red Tides.
What is calm ocean conditions?
Leds to reduced water quality
What is nutrient pollution?
Act of converting sunlight into energy
What is photosynthesys?
Monitors Red Tide and works on mitigation strategies.
What are fish, sea turtles, and marine mammals?
An increase in long term temperatures.
What is climate change?
Lack of food for surviving marine animals to eat
What is food scarcity?
Insufficient oxygen to an organ
What is Hypoxia?
Works with Mote Marine Laboratory to understand and to fight Red Tides. Established in 1999.
What is the Red Tide Task Force?
Locations that Red Tides happen(mentioned in the slideshow)
What is Japan, Russia, Spain, Italy, and the Florida Gulf?
Pollution and agricultrual runoff
What is Human Interaction?
Consequence of Red Tides that forces animals to leave their home
What is habitat disruption?
Complete lack of oxygen delivery to an organ
What is anoxia?
Combines with algae particles to drag them down to the sea floor.
What is clay flocculation?
The event that leads to Red Tides
What are Harmful Algae Blooms?
Algae that causes Red Tide.
What is Karenia Brevis, Alexandrium SPP, and Pseudo-nitzschia SPP?
Health Impacts of Red Tides
What is respiratory irritation, paralysis, death(from toxins or from lack of oxygen in the water?
Rapid increase in numbers
What is proliferation?
Collaborates with many other partners to mitigate the Red Tides and to educate the public.
What is Mote Marine Laboratory?
If this animal dies during Red Tides the food chain is greatly impacted
What are Shellfish?