<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Tahoma;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Verdana;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoListParagraph, li.MsoListParagraph, div.MsoListParagraph
        {mso-style-priority:34;
        margin-top:0in;
        margin-right:0in;
        margin-bottom:0in;
        margin-left:.5in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
        {mso-style-type:personal;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
        {mso-style-type:personal-reply;
        font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
        color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
        {mso-list-id:612901095;
        mso-list-type:hybrid;
        mso-list-template-ids:-807531114 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;}
@list l0:level1
        {mso-level-number-format:bullet;
        mso-level-text:\F0B7;
        mso-level-tab-stop:none;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;
        font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
        {mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level3
        {mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level4
        {mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level5
        {mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level6
        {mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level7
        {mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level8
        {mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
@list l0:level9
        {mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
        mso-level-number-position:left;
        text-indent:-.25in;}
ol
        {margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
        {margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">King County samples this week from both Point Jefferson and East Passage in central Sound showed blooms of
<i>Akashiwo sanguinea</i>, a dinoflagellate that produces red tides and is often considered a harmful species.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">Gabriela Hannach, Ph. D.</span><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">King County Environmental Lab<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">322 West Ewing St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">Seattle, WA 98119<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">206-684-2301</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">cell 276-5686<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:gabriela.hannach@kingcounty.gov"><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:&quot;Verdana&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#838F9E">gabriela.hannach@kingcounty.gov</span></i></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</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:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu [mailto:soundhab-bounces@whoi.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Krembs, Christopher (ECY)<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> soundhab@whoi.edu; soundtox@uw.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> SoundHAB: Intense red brown blooms in many bays of Puget Sound<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We flew an Eyes Over Puget Sound flight yesterday afternoon (9/11) between Seattle and Olympia (time, 3:45-&nbsp; 5:00 PM, altitude 2500 feet).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We documented intense red brown blooms in:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Eld Inlet (example &nbsp;picture)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Budd Inlet<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Sinclair Inlet<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Dyes Inlet (example &nbsp;picture)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Agates Passage(Bainbridge Island)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">&middot;<span style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><![endif]>Hidden Cove (Bainbridge Island) (example picture)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You can look at all the images from yesterday by going to our EOPS website<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/surface.html">http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/surface.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">or directly to our ftp site<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/eap/Flight_Blog/latest_pictures/September_19-roundtrip_PM/">ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/eap/Flight_Blog/latest_pictures/September_19-roundtrip_PM/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The September EOPS will be released tomorrow evening on Thursday Sept. 13. Species unfortunately undocumented.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christopher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Christopher Krembs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Oceanographer, Marine Monitoring Unit<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Environmental Assessment Program<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Washington State Department of Ecology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">300 Desmond Dr. SE, Lacey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PO BOX 47710<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Olympia, WA 98504-7710<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">e-mail: <a href="mailto:ckre461@ecy.wa.gov">ckre461@ecy.wa.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tel: 360-407-6675<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find the latest observations on surface conditions in Puget Sound at:&nbsp;
<a href="http://ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/eops/">http://ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/eops/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>