Archive | March, 2006

RED TIDE RESEARCH UPDATE

25 March 2006

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Want to learn about the very latest Red Tide Research from Mote Marine? Well members, prospective members and anyone just plain curious, you’re in luck! Floridians are invited to hear an update on Red Tide Research from Mote Marine. Dr. Barbara Kirkpatrick, manager for the environmental health studies program at Mote Marine will be giving [...]

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Florida Sierra Club urges look at runoff and red tide

25 March 2006

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Is it just a fight between research groups for federal dollars or does one of Florida most respected marine research labs, Mote Marine have tunnel vision when it comes to red tide. For years some have said that Mote Marine censors itself so as to not alienate themselves from politicians and corporations with research money. [...]

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Red Tide causes sea turtle die-off in El Salvador

25 March 2006

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This coming summer’s turle nesting season will be even populated by turtles that last. Why? Well a red tide “event” caused the death of approximately 200 Sea Turtles late last Year 1 The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Salvadoran government requested aid determining why these ocean-going reptiles–mostly olive ridley turtles and a [...]

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