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The Florida Department of Health in Lee County canceled five health warnings due to harmful algal blooms in the Caloosahatchee River
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“If we see that these two effluent sources can stimulate growth in Karenia brevis, then we can potentially target these nutrients and prevent them from entering bloom impacted waters," said Amanda Muni-Morgan of UF.
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Hurricane Ian’s landfall on Sept. 28 last year helped foster a red-tide-a-thon that lasted eight months. Now there have been seven blue-green algae health advisories in Lee County alone since May
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Blooms have already formed in Lake Okeechobee this spring and things are shaping up for a repeat of 2018 in the Caloosahatchee River this summer after Hurricane Ian set in motion the same events as Irma.
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There has still been a profound increase in sargassum in the Atlantic, and thus Florida’s beaches, compared to the early years of the USF study.
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Red tide had been present along the Gulf coast since shortly after Hurricane Ian swept ashore in the Fort Myers area.
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Red tide has been a scourge of the region since Hurricane Ian struck Collier and Lee counties last year. It has finally dissipated from much of the area.
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Researchers call it "sea sawdust," and it has a friendly relationship with the organism that causes red tide.
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State environmental officials are saying some red tide is still lingering in southern Sarasota County.
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Medium amounts of red tide are still being reported in southern Sarasota County.