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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Jim. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Bellingham Bay and just to the south Samish Bay fuel a fair amount of bloom activity. That water eventually works it’s way south and west toward Guemes Island, Guemes Channel, Cypress Island and Bellingham Channel. We’ve been seeing brown/red water for the past week in Guemes Channel and on the east side of Guemes Island that I would attribute to blooms coming out of those two bays. Fair amounts of freshwater inputs, flat tides, and sunshine creates a pretty stratified petri dish for blooms. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Our sample points were near Clark Point on the north eastern tip of Guemes Island and Deepwater bay on the east side of Cypress.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>I heard the water is pretty brown/red also in Fidalgo Bay, and I may grab a sample for my wife to look at. She works at Shannon Point Marine labs. <br>It would be interesting to see if the bloom is morphing into other species such as Alexandrium or Heterosigma.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><br><br>Kevin <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu [mailto:soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gower, Jim<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jack Rensel; soundhab@whoi.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: SoundHAB: Heterosigma bloom in Central Puget Sound<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Here is an image with some analysis by Erika Young for August 23. Do the locations agree with any of your sampling? Jim</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu [mailto:soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jack Rensel<br><b>Sent:</b> August 22, 2011 9:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> soundhab@whoi.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> SoundHAB: Heterosigma bloom in Central Puget Sound</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Heterosigma is blooming in central Puget Sound. Although the total extent of the bloom is not known, cell counts over the weekend were higher in the backwater areas of Kitsap County and Bainbridge Island (Port Blakely and Brownsville). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>However, ambient cell concentrations as high as 1.7 million cells per liter were recorded last night near Bainbridge Island/Clam Bay fish farm areas but mitigation efforts (upwelling of deep water) is apparently effective in reducing cell concentrations to 0.3 million cells per liter in the fish cages. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The bloom was first reported late Friday night, but I didn’t receive the information until just now. With the wind and rain expected today, it may attenuate the intensity of the bloom, although clearing and sun tomorrow (Tuesday) may allow for the bloom to become re-established. It could go either way based on past experience and the amount of wind mixing and duration/intensity of the low pressure cell moving through is key in this process. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More information may be available later today.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jack<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>J.E. Jack Rensel Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4209 234<sup>th</sup> St. N.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Arlington WA 98223<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>360-631-6538<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Jackrensel@att.net">Jackrensel@att.net</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>