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First signs of red tide detected near Florida’s Gulf Coast

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has detected the presence of the phytoplankton that causes red tide, Karenia brevis, in low concentrations in waters off the Southwest Florida coast. Between May 2 and May 9, low concentrations between 1,000 and 10,000 cells per liter were found between Longboat Key and Bradenton Beach in Sarasota County and the intracoastal waters […]

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