SoundHAB: Large dramatic bloom in Central Basin and South Puget Sound

[Jack Rensel]

Thanks Christopher for the images and notice.

 

I checked with Scott Ridgeway at American Gold Seafoods at the commercial
dock near Fort Ward State Park on Bainbridge Island. He says they sampled it
today and found a large variety of diatoms (Nitzchia, Thalassiosira,
Leptocylindrus, Chaetoceros spp.) plus some dinoflagelleates
(Protoperidinium) and quite a few Noctiluca flagellates that would help
explain some of the color but not orangish red, tomato soup color as it
occurs when highly dominant.   Scott and Rick Safford have been identifying
phytoplankton there for about 20 years (after being trained by Rita Horner)
and thus are very experienced.   They did not sample far inside near Port
Orchard or Brownsville today, but I trust they will soon if the weather
continues to be warm. 

 

All the best,

 

Jack

 

From: Krembs, Christopher (ECY) [mailto:ckre461 at ECY.WA.GOV] 
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 5:12 PM
To: Krembs, Christopher (ECY); guatemal at u.washington.edu; Howard, Sandy
(ECY); Maloy, Carol (ECY); Bos, Julia (ECY); Sackmann, Brandon (ECY);
jackrensel at att.net; soundhab at whoi.edu
Cc: Vera Trainer; Hannach, Gabriela; guatemal at u.washington.edu; Stark,
Kimberle; Stephanie Moore
Subject: Large dramatic bloom in Central Basin and South Puget Sound

 

We just returned from a EOPS flight over Dana Passage, Carr Inlet,  Central
Basin (3 PM) and I have not seen a (diatom?) bloom this intense since we
have been flying in Central Sound. 

 

Dr. Christopher Krembs

Senior Oceanographer, Marine Monitoring Unit

Environmental Assessment Program

Washington State Department of Ecology

300 Desmond Dr. SE, Lacey

PO BOX 47710

Olympia, WA 98504-7710

e-mail: ckre461 at ecy.wa.gov

Tel: 360-407-6675

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.whoi.edu/pipermail/soundhab/attachments/20120514/c20f4be0/attachment.htm