Archive | February, 2009

Another Worthless Red Tide Study from Mote Marine

22 February 2009

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Sarasota FL – Mote Marine recently concluded a 4 year long study that shows: Red tide harms birds and sea turtles. Sea turtles take longer to be rehabilitated from red tide exposure than birds. Yup, that’s it. That took them 4 years and God only knows how much of the money that was granted for [...]

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Oceanic Research provides a little insight into red tide?

21 February 2009

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I’m not sure how helpful this is but some researchers have discovered that sometimes plankton, algae and other microbes get trapped between layers of ocean water moving in different directions. Read the full article: red tide research story Link to this post!

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How to stop a red tide bloom in it’s tracks

11 February 2009

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Red Tide mitigation is actually pretty easy. Japan, the Phillipines, South Korea, Vietnam and many other countries have been doing it for years. I call it the clay mitigation method. The exact formula is even know. I’ll give it away for free right now: Spray a clay slurry on the effected area to a concentration [...]

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