Red Tide Invades Cocoa Beach, Florida

The affects of Red Tide are felt and seen in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Video provides footage of fish-kill and basic background of the microscopic organism Karenia brevis responsible for Red Tide.

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[drdianascience]

Thanks SailBoatBum for sending the video. Nice job. Diana

[watermelonorange]

watching this video, it feels like im blind

[TheODA2005]

so... can shy say that 3 times fast??!?!?

[bitnola]

Florida state biologists have been "studying" red tide for decades. At least they've applied for lots of funds, but they claim to know very little about its causes.

Here's a clue: There were no red tide blooms on the east coast of Fla. EVER, until a few years ago. There have only been a few since. Correlate them to heavier than normal outflows from the St. Johns, which drains heavily poisoned and fertilized counties.

Fla's nearshore waters have had too many insults to their cleanliness.

[john newburg]

it doesn't even look red

[dannyodoul]

Red Tide is another evil Communist handiwork.

[drdianascience]

Thisisawesomeyeahman-

In the Cocoa Beach area when we had Red Tide for an extended length of time eventually the city came out with a shovel type tractor.. One guy drove the tractor with the shovel, and about 5 or six people raked up the seaweed, fish etc... into piles.

You do need to be careful about any digging, etc.. done on coastal areas.

[TheFatAussieBarstard]

I,m enjoying these vids...

[alicechaos]

Interesting info about fish scales!

[Hiawather]

A surfer died from red tide on the east coast recently. My mother told me, and she lives in Volusia County. Florida is not letting the word out.