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New Red Tide Mitigation Method

15 May 2011

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New Red Tide Mitigation Method

A new method of mitigating red tide blooms and other harmful algae bloom is explored in this article. It's similar but less expensive than the clay slurry method.

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Red Tides, Diatom Algae and Nualgi

20 November 2009

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Red Tides, Diatom Algae and Nualgi

This is a guest post form the folks at Nugali.  They propose a Red Tide mitigation method.  Read on: Red Tides, Diatom Algae and Nualgi Fish kills, Dead Zones and Red Tides are some of the problems being seen in waters the world over. A large number of fish kills have been reported all over [...]

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UAE mitigates red tide bloom, why doesn’t Florida?

17 May 2009

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To the UAE, ( a Persian Gulf country), red tide blooms are a new thing. However after just one year they already have the US and the State of Florida beat. That’s yet another country that is using various clay slurry treatments to mitigate red tide blooms. Our only attempt in Florida (that we know [...]

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Lee County is Catching On . . .

4 May 2009

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It looks like Lee County is not only learning how to prevent red tide, but is also learning that all they have to do is try and they’ll make a difference. They’ve recently enacted legislation which while poorly written and still not very effective, will make a difference. Here’s some of the points the legislation [...]

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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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Another Red Tide Solution?

25 November 2008

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The research into the little known (until reported here), area of Plankton Parasites (or parasitoids ), is paying off . . . "We hypothesize that when a bloom occurs, these parasitoids are not able to infect the invasive species," Guillou said.

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