Posts Tagged ‘habs’
New Prediction Model for Harmful Algal Blooms
The SCCF Marine Lab collaborated with the University of Florida (UF), University of South Florida (USF), and North Carolina State University (NCSU) scientists on a next-day prediction model to help…
Read MoreSurprising Diversity of Phytoplankton Found in Caloosahatchee
A study that started in 2018 to characterize phytoplankton and identify toxic blooms has revealed a surprising diversity in a water body designed to convey water quickly to the estuary.…
Read MoreHAB Research Focuses on Tidal Tributaries
Since 2018, the SCCF Marine Lab has sampled the Caloosahatchee and the C-43 canal to document and study harmful algal blooms (HABs). The research has found that identifying the source…
Read MoreMarine Lab Hosting Science Projects
The SCCF Marine Lab is hosting two Sanibel School 8th-grade science projects this semester. The school asked 8th graders to come up with projects that were relevant and possible to…
Read MoreLake O Vegetation Too Low
The rise in Lake Okeechobee levels has slowed down in the past few months, putting it closer to the top of the ecological envelope, which is the range that provides…
Read MoreHAB Research Reveals Phytoplankton Shifts
Researchers from the SCCF Marine Lab and the University of Florida have completed the second year of a 3-year study funded by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of…
Read MoreNew Tools Seek to Transform Red Tide Management
The SCCF Marine Lab is leading the field campaign for a water sampling effort that is informing a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence transformer model to better manage the water flow from…
Read MoreRed Tide Persists and Intensifies
Southwest Florida facing challenges of rebuilding, red tide
Read MoreStudy Links Red Tide to Neurological Impacts
Breathing the airborne toxin can lead to dizziness, nausea, & headaches
Read MoreCoastal Resilience Connections: Harmful Algal Blooms
How are HABs connected to building coastal resilience?
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