Florida Red Tides research

The primary cause of the red tide according to the officials of the Florida fish and conservation of wildlife is the low to moderate amounts of algae. These forms of algae had caused the counties such as palm, Martin and St. Lucie to be densely populated after the death of fish and animals. The people have complained of such problems as itchy eyes, coughing, and runny noses as well as other symptoms that had been associated with the red tide. Karenia brevis is the type of algae that had been noted to cause the death of fish because it causes a lot of respiratory distress among the water animals and is also dangerous to human beings. Some sites of algae were detected in the western parts, and hence the present red tide is expected to have flowed causing more harm to animals and fish in three counties in Florida.

The HABscope system developed in Mexico is used to determine the presence of Karen brevis algae cells and is essential because it is connected to the smartphones of officials and thus useful to develop quick results as they operate at the coastal beaches where the tide takes place. Atlantic coast encounters less red waves because it lives off the gulf coast at the lower part of the Florida shelf. By using the sample of the 2005 Florida red tide, we can note that factors which tend to be influenced by extensional activities have significant effects beyond the socioeconomic factors that have commonly been hypothesized to impact the response behavior of individuals. The existence of the blooms that ravaged the gulf shores led to the shutting down of the beaches as well as crippling the kind of business that takes place in the area.

F. Another major cause of the bloom is the reduction of oxygen level especially at the bottom of the water bodies mainly due to a variety of the decomposing dead animals after it strikes. Among other animals, fish, dolphins, turtles, and manatees are often affected. Furthermore, the red tides along the coastal beaches of Florida had contributed to the blockage of the shellfish beds. Literature suggests that red tide takes place across the globe and no person has sought the right tactic to prevent it from taking place. In the recent days, there is an increased rate in the occurrence of the red tide bloom in Florida. In normal circumstances, the tide appears at the western part of Florida especially at the beginning of the dry period.

Research suggests that issues such as the land-based nutrients including nitrogen resulting from several resources like fertilizers and the septic systems have been a significant factor that facilitated the increased level of the bloom (Fleming et al. The iron-rich dust that is blown from the Sahara desert had been noted by some schools of thought to contribute to the development of red tide in Florida coastal beaches. There are very many HABs systems within the globe, and hence it is hard to make a hypothesis that one of them is the best in mitigating the occurrence of the red tide in any country. According to studies, an increase in the level of both respiratory and digestive illnesses in Florida could easily be explained by using arena brevis blooms.

In older cohorts, the FRT had significant impacts on their health as well as their economic conditions especially those who were above the age of fifty-five years. More than $700,000 had been used annually in Florida when dealing with health and economic impacts of Florida red tides, but in the case of the 2005 bloom, the consequences resulted in a high loss of funds in the industrial and health sectors. There is a high attraction in the marine recreational areas in Florida due to improved and quality economic systems which helps in the provision of good experiences in the beach (Kirkpatrick et al. Many visitors in the state have been attracted to the beaches to high-quality water, and they tend to focus on the safety of the surrounding as well as the bathing safety among others.

This is due to issues associated with the bloom such as itching eyes, and running nose among others that will not give them confidence anymore. Fishing activities and other social and economic along the coastal beaches of Florida were affected because the red tide changed the nature of the environment. To remedy the challenges brought about by the red tide across the globe, countries such as China and Korea had developed a fine crumbled clay to reduce the rate of algal blooms in aquaculture (Shimizu et al. The individual clay field experiments as well as the increase in mote’s ozone treatment techniques had been reported recently in Florida to be effectual in the mitigation of the bloom but are still under testing in the state laboratories.

A patented mote’s ozone technique had been created to eliminate the red tide as well as toxins that enter the water in mote aquarium. Other causes of the FRT include the reduction of oxygen level especially at the bottom of the water bodies mainly due to variety of the decomposing dead animals after it strikes such as fish, dolphins, turtles, and manatees are often affected. Another cause is that the red tides along the coastal beaches of Florida had contributed to the blockage of the shellfish beds. The high attraction in the marine recreational areas in Florida is due to improved and quality economic systems which help in the provision of good experiences in the beach. Many visitors in the state have been attracted to the beaches to high-quality water, and they tend to focus on the safety of the surrounding as well as the bathing safety among others.

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