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Fick R, Medina M, Angelini C, Kaplan D, Gader P, He W, Jiang Z, Zheng G. Fusing remote sensing data with spatiotemporal in situ samples for red tide (Karenia brevis) detection. INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT 2024; 20:1432-1446. [PMID: 38426802 DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
Abstract
We present a novel method for detecting red tide (Karenia brevis) blooms off the west coast of Florida, driven by a neural network classifier that combines remote sensing data with spatiotemporally distributed in situ sample data. The network detects blooms over a 1-km grid, using seven ocean color features from the MODIS-Aqua satellite platform (2002-2021) and in situ sample data collected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and its partners. Model performance was demonstrably enhanced by two key innovations: depth normalization of satellite features and encoding of an in situ feature. The satellite features were normalized to adjust for depth-dependent bottom reflection effects in shallow coastal waters. The in situ data were used to engineer a feature that contextualizes recent nearby ground truth of K. brevis concentrations through a K-nearest neighbor spatiotemporal proximity weighting scheme. A rigorous experimental comparison revealed that our model outperforms existing remote detection methods presented in the literature and applied in practice. This classifier has strong potential to be operationalized to support more efficient monitoring and mitigation of future blooms, more accurate communication about their spatial extent and distribution, and a deeper scientific understanding of bloom dynamics, transport, drivers, and impacts in the region. This approach also has the potential to be adapted for the detection of other algal blooms in coastal waters. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1432-1446. © 2024 SETAC.
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- Ronald Fick
- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- ECCO Scientific, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Center for Coastal Solutions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Computer & Information Science & Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, Maryland, USA
- Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Wyrebek R, Fierstein JL, Wells RG, Machry J, Karjoo S. Toxins and Biliary Atresia: Is Karenia Brevis (Red Tide) The Culprit? HARMFUL ALGAE 2024; 133:102596. [PMID: 38485444 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2024.102596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The study objective was to evaluate the association between Karenia brevis (K. brevis) exposure during pregnancy and the prevalence of biliary atresia (BA) in offspring. STUDY DESIGN This was a hospital-based, case-control study in which cases were infants diagnosed with BA at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital from October 2001 to December 2019. Cases were matched 1:4 by age to controls who were randomly selected from a pool of healthy infants hospitalized during the study period for common pediatric diagnoses. Infants were excluded if they had congenital anomalies and/or were non-Florida residents. Gestational K. brevis exposure levels (cells/liter) were determined from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission exposure data at 10- and 50 mile radii from the mother's zip code of residence. Multivariable conditional logistic regression determined odds of BA in offspring in relation to maternal gestational K. brevis exposure adjusted for infant sex, race/ethnicity, coastal residence, and seasonality. RESULTS Of 38 cases and 152 controls, no significant inter-group differences were observed for infant race/ethnicity, season of birth, or coastal residence. Median gestational exposure at the 10 mile radius was 0 cells/liter in both groups. A greater proportion of cases had no gestational K. brevis exposure (63.2 %, n = 24) in comparison to controls (37.5 %, n = 57; p = .04) at a 10 mile radius. At a 50 mile radius, cases had a peak median exposure at 6 months of gestation compared to controls' peak at 9 months. After adjustment for sex, seasonality, race/ethnicity, and coastal residence, there was no significant association between BA and maximum K. brevis exposure per trimester of pregnancy observed at a 10- or 50 mile radius. CONCLUSION In this matched case-control study, we observed no association between gestational K. brevis (cells/liter) exposure at a 10- or 50 mile radius from maternal zip code of residence and BA in offspring.
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- Rita Wyrebek
- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Department of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Division of Neonatology, 501 6th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Shared Resource, 501 6th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 3400 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Department of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Division of Neonatology, 501 6th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Division of Gastroenterology, 501 6th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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Alvarez S, Brown CE, Garcia Diaz M, O'Leary H, Solís D. Non-linear impacts of harmful algae blooms on the coastal tourism economy. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2024; 351:119811. [PMID: 38157578 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Harmful algae blooms (HABs) occur in water bodies throughout the globe and can have multi-faceted impacts on tourism. However, little is known of the magnitude of economic losses to the tourism sector as a result of HABs. There is limited understanding of the empirical relationships between HAB intensity and duration, and the effects of this phenomenon on the tourism sector. This study is based in the state of Florida, USA, a notable sun, sand, and sea destination in the western hemisphere, where blooms of a marine harmful algae are a recurrent threat to coastal tourism. The empirical framework is based on a month and county-level panel database that combines sales by tourism-related businesses with observations from the official HAB surveillance system of the state of Florida. We use time and space fixed-effects regressions to estimate the loss in tourism revenue associated with one additional day of red tide. Results indicate that impacts of HABs on tourism do not follow a linear pattern with increasing HAB concentrations, but rather appear to follow an inverted-U pattern. In other words, higher concentrations of the HAB organism do not necessarily imply higher economic losses, suggesting that the impacts of HABs on tourism are not driven solely by the biophysical element of cell density. Rather, these impacts appear to be mediated and amplified by human dimensions. The loss to tourism-related businesses due to the 2018 Florida red tide bloom was estimated to be $2.7 billion USD, which implies that HABs and their impact on tourism can be considered as a potential 'billion-dollar' disaster.
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- Sergio Alvarez
- University of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA.
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- United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, USA
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- University of Central Florida, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, USA
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- University of South Florida, Department of Anthropology, USA
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- Florida A&M University, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, USA
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Oh JW, Pushparaj SSC, Muthu M, Gopal J. Review of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Causing Marine Fish Kills: Toxicity and Mitigation. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3936. [PMID: 38068573 PMCID: PMC10871120 DOI: 10.3390/plants12233936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
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Extensive growth of microscopic algae and cyanobacteria results in harmful algal blooms (HABs) in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. HABs can harm humans and animals through their toxicity or by producing ecological conditions such as oxygen depletion, which can kill fish and other economically or ecologically important organisms. This review summarizes the reports on various HABs that are able to bring about marine fish kills. The predominant HABs, their toxins, and their effects on fishes spread across various parts of the globe are discussed. The mechanism of HAB-driven fish kills is discussed based on the available reports, and existing mitigation methods are presented. Lapses in the large-scale implementation of mitigation methods demonstrated under laboratory conditions are projected. Clay-related technologies and nano-sorption-based nanotechnologies, although proven to make significant contributions, have not been put to use in real-world conditions. The gaps in the technology transfer of the accomplished mitigation prototypes are highlighted. Further uses of remote sensing and machine learning state-of-the-art techniques for the detection and identification of HABs are recommended.
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- Jae-Wook Oh
- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India;
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- Department of Research and Innovation, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Thandalam, Chennai 602105, Tamil Nadu, India;
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Gravinese PM, Gregory KM, Bartzick JH, Ramos ER, Stewart SM, Lovko VJ. The effects of moderate concentrations of Karenia brevis on stone crab reproduction. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 192:106191. [PMID: 37776808 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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The stone crab, Menippe mercenaria, supports a commercial fishery along Florida's Gulf coast where harmful algae blooms, known as red tides (Karenia brevis) develop. Red tides occur nearly annually and can overlap with the stone crab reproductive season. We determined the impact of moderate red tide (K. brevis) concentrations (∼105 cells L-1) on stone crab embryo development, hatching success, female stress, hatch duration, and larval survival. Crabs and larvae were exposed to a control (no K. brevis) or moderate concentrations of K. brevis. No difference in embryo development or hatching success was observed. Stress was elevated in the K. brevis treatment, resulting in prolonged hatching relative to the control. Larval survival was reduced in K. brevis relative to the control. Moderate concentrations of K. brevis results in sublethal effects on stone crabs and reduces larval survival, suggesting that mitigation that reduces bloom concentrations could provide relief to stone crab populations.
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- Philip M Gravinese
- Eckerd College, Marine Science Department, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33711, USA; Mote Marine Laboratory, Fisheries Ecology and Enhancement Program, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States.
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- University of Florida, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, 110 Newins-Ziegler Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, Fisheries Ecology and Enhancement Program, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, Phytoplankton Ecology Research Program, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, Fisheries Ecology and Enhancement Program, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, Phytoplankton Ecology Research Program, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, United States
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Lim CC, Yoon J, Reynolds K, Gerald LB, Ault AP, Heo S, Bell ML. Harmful algal bloom aerosols and human health. EBioMedicine 2023; 93:104604. [PMID: 37164781 PMCID: PMC10363441 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing across many locations globally. Toxins from HABs can be incorporated into aerosols and transported inland, where subsequent exposure and inhalation can induce adverse health effects. However, the relationship between HAB aerosols and health outcomes remains unclear despite the potential for population-level exposures. In this review, we synthesized the current state of knowledge and identified evidence gaps in the relationship between HAB aerosols and human health. Aerosols from Karenia brevis, Ostreopsis sp., and cyanobacteria were linked with respiratory outcomes. However, most works did not directly measure aerosol or toxin concentrations and instead relied on proxy metrics of exposure, such as cell concentrations in nearby waterbodies. Furthermore, the number of studies with epidemiological designs was limited. Significant uncertainties remain regarding the health effects of other HAB species; threshold dose and the dose-response relationship; effects of concurrent exposures to mixtures of toxins and other aerosol sources, such as microplastics and metals; the impact of long-term exposures; and disparities in exposures and associated health effects across potentially vulnerable subpopulations. Additional studies employing multifaceted exposure assessment methods and leveraging large health databases could address such gaps and improve our understanding of the public health burden of HABs.
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- Chris C Lim
- Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
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- Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
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- Population Health Sciences Program, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Kurtz BE, Landmeyer JE, Culter JK. Precipitation, submarine groundwater discharge of nitrogen, and red tides along the southwest Florida Gulf coast. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16046. [PMID: 37215903 PMCID: PMC10196494 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Blooms of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis occur almost every year along the southwest Florida Gulf coast. Long-duration blooms with especially high concentrations of K. brevis, known as red tides, destroy marine life through production of neurotoxins. Current hypotheses are that red tides originate in oligotrophic waters far offshore using nitrogen (N) from upwelling bottom water or, alternatively, from blooms of Trichodesmium, followed by advection to nearshore waters. But the amount of N available from terrestrial sources does not appear to be adequate to maintain a nearshore red tide. To explain this discrepancy, we hypothesize that contemporary red tides are associated with release of N from offshore submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) that has accumulated in benthic sediment biomass by dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA). The release occurs when sediment labile organic carbon (LOC), used as the electron donor in DNRA, is exhausted. Detritus from the resulting destruction of marine life restores the sediment LOC to continue the cycle of red tides. The severity of individual red tides increases with increased bloom-year precipitation in the geographic region where the SGD originates, while the severity of ordinary blooms is relatively unaffected.
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- Bruce E. Kurtz
- New College of Florida, 5800 Bay Shore Rd., Sarasota, FL 34243, USA
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA
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Hu C, Yao Y, Cannizzaro JP, Garrett M, Harper M, Markley L, Villac C, Hubbard K. Karenia brevis bloom patterns on the west Florida shelf between 2003 and 2019: Integration of field and satellite observations. HARMFUL ALGAE 2022; 117:102289. [PMID: 35944949 DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2022.102289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Harmful algal blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis occur almost annually on the West Florida Shelf (WFS) of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. To date, however, comprehensive assessments of K. brevis bloom spatial extent and temporal occurrence are lacking due to limitations in the two primary bloom monitoring techniques: microscopy evaluation of field-collected water samples and satellite remote sensing of ocean color. This is despite community efforts in expanding sampling coverage statewide and developing remote sensing algorithms to interpret color changes of surface waters. In this work, an approach is developed to combine the strengths of both techniques to estimate mean bloom occurrence frequency and bloom intensity as well as bloom extent at weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and annual intervals between 2003 and 2019. Here, due to technical constraints on ocean color remote sensing, a bloom is defined as waters with K. brevis concentrations greater than 1.5 × 105 cells L-1. While microscopy examination of surface water samples provides K. brevis cell concentrations to help delineate bloom locations from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer on Aqua (MODIS/A) images, the imagery provides far more synoptic and frequent observations to make the bloom characterization statistically meaningful. Such derived bloom statistics often show bloom patterns that are not always known previously or at the time of the event, and in some years, they also differ from those determined from microscopic taxonomy data alone. For example, in terms of bloom size, two major bloom periods are observed in 2005 - 2007 and 2014 - 2018, respectively, when annual cumulative bloom size exceeded ∼50,000 km2. While preliminary in nature, the approach and results from this work may represent a first step to integrate water sample analysis and satellite remote sensing towards an improved characterization of K. brevis blooms on the WFS.
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- Chuanmin Hu
- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America.
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Litaker RW, Bogdanoff AK, Hardison DR, Holland WC, Ostrowski A, Morris JA. The Effects of the Harmful Algal Bloom Species Karenia brevis on Survival of Red Porgy ( Pagrus pagrus) Larvae. Toxins (Basel) 2022; 14:toxins14070439. [PMID: 35878177 PMCID: PMC9317425 DOI: 10.3390/toxins14070439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The harmful algal bloom species, Karenia brevis, forms annual, often intense blooms in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly along the west Florida shelf. Though the ability of K. brevis blooms to cause mass mortalities in juvenile fish are well documented, the direct effect of bloom concentrations on larval fish has not been studied extensively. To better understand the potential effect of K. brevis on larval fish survival, laboratory spawned red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) larvae from 4-26 days post-hatch were exposed to concentrations of K. brevis observed in the field for either 24 or 48 h. This species is representative of fish which spawn in regions of the Gulf of Mexico and whose larvae are epipelagic and may encounter K. brevis blooms. In this study, three different K. brevis strains varying in the amount of brevetoxin produced were tested. Larval survivorship was found to be inversely proportional to the amount of brevetoxin produced by each strain. The EC50 value from the combined 24 h experiments was ~163,000 K. brevis cells L-1, which corresponds to cell concentrations found in moderately dense blooms. Larval mortality also increased substantially in the 48 h versus 24 h exposure treatments. These findings indicate K. brevis blooms have the potential to contribute to natural mortality of fish larvae and further reduce inter-annual recruitment of fishery species whose stocks in the Gulf of Mexico may already be depleted.
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- Richard Wayne Litaker
- CSS Inc. Under Contract to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-919-672-8881
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- JHT Under Contract to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA;
- The Department of General Education, James Sprunt Community College, Kenansville, NC 28349, USA
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA; (D.R.H.); (W.C.H.); (J.A.M.)
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA; (D.R.H.); (W.C.H.); (J.A.M.)
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA;
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- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA; (D.R.H.); (W.C.H.); (J.A.M.)
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Beck MW, Altieri A, Angelini C, Burke MC, Chen J, Chin DW, Gardiner J, Hu C, Hubbard KA, Liu Y, Lopez C, Medina M, Morrison E, Phlips EJ, Raulerson GE, Scolaro S, Sherwood ET, Tomasko D, Weisberg RH, Whalen J. Initial estuarine response to inorganic nutrient inputs from a legacy mining facility adjacent to Tampa Bay, Florida. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2022; 178:113598. [PMID: 35366551 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Legacy mining facilities pose significant risks to aquatic resources. From March 30th to April 9th, 2021, 814 million liters of phosphate mining wastewater and marine dredge water from the Piney Point facility were released into lower Tampa Bay (Florida, USA). This resulted in an estimated addition of 186 metric tons of total nitrogen, exceeding typical annual external nitrogen load estimates to lower Tampa Bay in a matter of days. An initial phytoplankton bloom (non-harmful diatoms) was first observed in April. Filamentous cyanobacteria blooms (Dapis spp.) peaked in June, followed by a bloom of the red tide organism Karenia brevis. Reported fish kills tracked K. brevis concentrations, prompting cleanup of over 1600 metric tons of dead fish. Seagrasses had minimal changes over the study period. By comparing these results to baseline environmental monitoring data, we demonstrate adverse water quality changes in response to abnormally high and rapidly delivered nitrogen loads.
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- Marcus W Beck
- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 830 1st Street S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- New College of Florida, Natural Sciences Division, Heiser Natural Science E256, 5800 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA.
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 830 1st Street S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 830 1st Street S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- University of Florida, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences, Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment, 365 Weil Hall, PO Box 116580, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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- University of Florida, School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences, 7922 NW 71st Street, PO Box 110600, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA.
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- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, 111 S Orange Avenue #200w, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA.
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- University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 830 1st Street S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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- Tampa Bay Estuary Program, 263 13th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA.
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