What’s this about cyanobacteria blooms in Florida?
It’s a big problem, although no so much in the Suwannee River Basin. However, there is a yellow-green (not cyanobacteria) bloom at Manatee Spring Run on the lower Suwannee River.
FDEP provides Weekly Updates and Subscription to Algal Bloom Monitoring, including maps in Algal Bloom Sampling Status, from which these maps come.
Here’s the detail on the one algal bloom in the Suwannee River Basin.
| Manatee Spring Run | |
|---|---|
| Site Visit Date and Time | 5/22/2019, 12:50 PM |
| Sample Location | Manatee Spring Run |
| County | Levy |
| Site Visited By | DEP-TLH ROC |
| Algal Bloom Observed? | Yes |
| Sample Taken? | Yes |
| Sample Depth Description | Surface grab |
| Sample Depth (meters) | 0.30 |
| Analyzed By | DEP |
| Other Lab name | |
| Comments | |
| Latitude | 29.4904 |
| Longitude | -82.9771 |
| Algal ID | Dominant taxon: Vaucheria sp. |
| Total Microcystin Toxin (micrograms/L) | not detected |
| Other Toxin (micrograms/L) | Anatoxin-a: not detected; Cylindrospermopsin: not detected; Saxitoxin: not detected |
| EditDate | 5/24/2019, 5:37 PM |
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| Edited on 5/24/19 at 5:37 PM | |
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Contact:
Freshwater bloom:
Contact DEP: 855-305-3509
FloridaDEP.gov/AlgalBloom
Saltwater bloom:
Contact FWC: 800-636-0511 (fish kills)
888-404-3922 (wildlife Alert)
MyFWC.com/RedTide
Human Illness: Florida Poison Control Center: 800-222-1222
Other Public Health Concners:
Contact DOH: (DOH county office)
FloridaHealth.gov/all-county-locations.html
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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