Red Tide of April 2016
Yep, red tide is back at Clearwater Beach and Honeymoon Island. It’s been hanging around since the beginning of April.
Red tide is an organism, a phytoplankton. The over abundance of phytoplankton is commonly known as red tide. Its scientific name is Karenia brevis (genus, species), or K. brevis shortened. Red tides is when there is an over-abundance of pytoplankton in the water(called an algae bloom). The algae blooms are often during the warmer months in the Gulf of Mexico, but its timing can be somewhat unpredictable.