Red Tides and Harmful Algae Blooms FAQ
This FAQ provides answers to frequently asked questions about the causes and consequences of red tides and other harmful algae blooms.
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Red Tide: A proliferation of a marine plankton toxic and often fatal to fish, perhaps stimulated by the addition of nutrients. A tide can be red, green, or brown, depending on the coloration of the plankton.
red tide A reddish color of near-shore, marine waters due to the presence of extremely large numbers of red-pigmented microorganisms that liberate toxins lethal to fish.
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Discoloration of sea water due to a large number of dinoflagellates which produce a substance that is toxic to many marine vertebrates and to humans consuming contaminated shellfish.
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Red Tide A sudden surge in toxic, naturally occurring microscopic red plankton in coastal waters, often causing dead fish to wash up on beaches.
Ciguatera: poisoning caused by eating shellfish that have been exposed to toxin- producing species of dinoflagellates (outbreaks of these species are known as red tides) ...
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