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Red Tide Research Paper

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1. Red tide is caused in Florida by very small organisms

2. Red Tides are a type of algal bloom, meaning an algae bunch

3. At large concentrations the blooms may make the water a different color– sometimes red, light or dark green or brown.

4. Red tides or harmful algal blooms happen worldwide, but most have been found on the east coast of Florida and off the coast of North Carolina.

5. Red tides may last weeks or even months and can change daily because of wind conditions and water currents. Onshore winds bring it closer to the shore and offshore winds move it out to sea.

6. Red tide was first recorded in Florida in 1844.

7. A red tide bloom occurs when organisms, nutrients for growth, and factors to move red tide mix. No single thing

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