Talk:Red tide
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How quickly can red tide develop and dissapear?
with equal rapidity. the length of time that a bloom is present varries greatly and is largly affected by conditions of the hoist body of water. additioanlly filter feeds do purge the toxins from their bodies, usally over a period of a couple of weeks, however for some species such as sea clams, not to be confused with hardshell clams, this process can take sigificantly longer and may not be safe to eat for months after the event.
Is the red tide harmful to those who swim in the ocean during this time?
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[edit] Citation?
"The Alabama Crimson Tide is a reference to red tide."
I have lived in Alabama all my life, rooting for Alabama football, and I have never heard this. Plus Tuscaloosa is about 250 miles inland, so the phenomenon isn't particularly familiar here.
- University of Alabama traditions supports your view. The Jade Knight 06:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] reference
For what it's worth, red tide plays a major plot role in Clive Cussler's novel Sahara. Don't know if that factoid is wikipedia-able.
-bg
[edit] Alae/Protits
I am old-fashoned. I prefer the use of Algae for marine "plants" It seems many are using Protists to cover all organisims which are simple in composition such as algae, bacteria, fungi etc. I don't agree - but some may wish to use Protisra here not plants.Osborne 10:20, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Respiratory problems in humans?
This entry on Red Tide appears to be incomplete.
Case in point: I went to the beach and started coughing. This has never happened before, so I asked someone there and he stated it was due to the red tide. Local newspapers and other sources online do indicate that algal blooms may in fact cause respiratory symptoms in humans such as wheezing and coughing. I believe this is worth a paragraph on this entry.
Do a Google search on "respiratory problems caused by red tide" to get more info.
James.Grubic 17:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
- There is currently an outbreak on the Space Coast. You cannot go to the beach without starting coughing and sneezing. Hektor (talk) 01:05, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Possible Ancient Outbreaks
Would others think it is useful to mention references in ancient history or Bible to possible HAB outbreaks in the Bible?
Exo 7:20 And Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD commanded. So he lifted up the rod and struck the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants. And all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. Exo 7:21 The fish that were in the river died, the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river. So there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
--Wer2chosen 12:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
- I've certainly heard of this connection being drawn before. It could go in the notable occurrences section. However, if it is to be added to the article, we'd need a good source for the connection (e.g. scientific article; item from a major news agency). One of us simply pointing it out would be original research. Cheers, --Plumbago 12:31, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
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- I would agree we would need sources, I do not agree with ‘scientific journal’ or 'major news agency', if we held that candle to all article, wikipedia would be a third of the prize.
- I see allot of articles that reference AP articles, non-fiction (not necessarily scientific).
- There have been numerous articles, a few books, and numerous television shows that have mentioned it. I remember hearing about it allot in 1998-1999. Just doing a quick Google, I see MSNBC had a report mentioning it. "End Times Journal', have not heard of that one, had an article, the AP it appears had one. It appears a couple of books have been published that claim this is a natural explanation for those events.
It may be interesting to pick up some of the books.
This Prof (Colin Humphreys), has done some research on it, and has written a book. http://www-hrem.msm.cam.ac.uk/people/humphreys/
--Wer2chosen 15:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] An Example from Satellite imagery
A great example (as seen here ) of a bloom, as it occurs annually around the coast of Newfoundland especially at the southern of the Avalon Peninsula at ecological reserve, Mistaken Point. West of this point is Cape St. Mary's Bird Sanctuary, home to one of the largest Gannet bird sanctuary in the world. --HJKeats (talk) 16:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
