Algae Blooms

It includes several projects across the Tampa Bay region.

This past week, high concentrations of red tide only went as far north as Pinellas County. But this week, those levels have been detected all the way up in the Panhandle.

Fried, a Democratic candidate for governor, wants to crack down on businesses that contribute to algae outbreaks.

New grant funding will expand the research on algae bloom nutrients in three ways: a more expensive lab analysis, another kind of bloom added to the study, and a bilingual educational program created for the public.

From warm water to rainfall, there are many ways a changing climate could alter Florida’s blooms.

The plan selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would stop sending water south if levels drop too low in the dry season to protect water supplies.

While red tide remains a nuisance for Tampa Bay's beaches, manatees are dying on Florida's east coast due to algae blooms.

Tom Frazer, the dean and a professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science, said the wastewater spill at the phosphate plant could be helping to fuel the outbreak.

Environmentalists applauded tightening rules and improving monitoring. But they say omitting one type of waste leaves a hole in the data.

For two wet and dry seasons, researchers will observe Tampa Bay for nutrients and how they feed the red tide organism Karenia brevis.

Along with toxic red tide blooms, a nontoxic cyanobacteria that blooms annually in the Gulf of Mexico has also been reported in the past week or so.

During a two-year study to investigate water quality and algae, University of Florida researchers found dense concentrations of microplastics in southern Biscayne Bay and northeastern Florida Bay.