SoundHAB: Possible Harmful Bloom in Totten Inlet

[Brian Bill]

The dense bloom of marine algae in recent samples from Totten Inlet is Akashiwo sanguinea. This dinoflagellate was responsible for bird deaths on the outer Washington coast in late summer/fall 2009 due to the production of a surfactant like compound. Bird deaths were also attributed to A. sanguinea in Monterey Bay in 2007. 
A cell count of the whole water sample was 660,000 cells/L.


On Oct 14, 2010, at 11:42 AM, Jack Rensel wrote:

> Gordon King of Taylor Shellfish reports a very dense bloom of some kind of marine algae in portions of Totten Inlet presently.   If any SoundHAB recipients are in the area and can sample, please take live or formalin preserved samples so we can identify the potential culprit.  
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> Also, several of you have asked about the HAB publication that I just produced with Tim Tynan and Nicky Haigh about Heterosigma affecting wild fish and salmon, so I attach it here for your use.  This is pertinent to Totten Inlet as the Kennedy Creek Chum would normally be milling in the area at this time, with mean run timing of mid November.
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> Best regards,
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> Jack
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