What is Red Tide?

A brief description of what red tide is? For more information please log on to www.mote.org

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• red
• tide
• ocean
• algae
• smell
• dead
• fish
• mote
• marine

[kika01296]

lol bicycling... its called cycling*

[MoteMarine]

Sorry, cycling would be correct. Have a nice ride!

[ACdub100]

Who directed this?

[MoteMarine]

Mote Marine Laboratory in-house staff.

[jezx21]

Was the water actually red?

[pooled100]

what is the song

[grettagrids]

this isn't the same as the redish algae I find in my reef tanks is it?? it seems to really irritate my skin when I clean it:( LOVE all 8 of my tanks though!!! fresh and saltwater enthusiest.

[jezx21]

Kind of like the book of revelations when it talks about the rivers and oceans turning to blood.

[MoteMarine]

It turns a reddish brown color when the cell concentration becomes high enough.

[jackillin]

We have Red Tide several times a year in Hong Kong. I think I was surfing in it yesterday! Yuck! Was little pinky / reddish brown circles that turned the white surf into an orangey looking muck. I've read some of the algae is harmful & some is not. How do we know which is which before we go in the water? Will they close the beach & tell us if it is?

[mcallenrt]

Thank you for this post. I was at South Padre Island four weeks ago, drove to the Beach Access on the North Side of most of the Hotels and Stores. I parked and got out of the Car, just for about a minute and suddenly started to experience Respiratory difficulties, coughing and stridor, thought that I may have to call 911, it was a sudden onset and we drove away from South Padre Island, to McAllen. yesterday, Nov. 5, 2009, we went back to South Padre Island, 4 wks later, it was still there.

[kika01296]

lol :)