Red Tide Flashcards
When are red tides present?
From August to February but have been documented every month I the year
What influence the growth if G. Breve?
Sunlight, temperature, salinity, the amount and types if nutrients available
How do G. Breve toxins effect fish?
They effect their respiratory systems
If humans consume tainted seafoods they can become ailmented with
Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning (NSP)
What are the early symptoms of NSP?
Diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal and neurological symptoms
What are the late symtoms of NSP?
Respiratory asthma like symptoms
What are the possible outcomes if NSP?
Paralysis
The most common red tide in Florida is?
A dinoflagellate called Gymnodinium Breve
A single cellars holoplankton with a calcium carbonate shells
Foraminiferan
Organisms that spend their entire lives as plankton
Holoplankton
Organisms that spend only part of their lives as plankton
Meroplankton
Small, usually microscopic plant plankton that floats or drift in the ocean
Phytoplankton
A single called holoplankton with a transparent body or shell
Radiolarian
Small, usually microscopic animal plankton that floats or drifts in the ocean
Zooplankton
Phytoplankton do what
They are plant plankton, they need light for photosynthesis, live in the photic zone
