SoundHAB: Intense red brown blooms in many bays of Puget Sound

[Hannach, Gabriela]

Apologies, I meant last week's samples (September 5).

From: Hannach, Gabriela
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 11:07 AM
To: soundhab at whoi.edu; soundtox at uw.edu
Subject: RE: Intense red brown blooms in many bays of Puget Sound

King County samples this week from both Point Jefferson and East Passage in central Sound showed blooms of Akashiwo sanguinea, a dinoflagellate that produces red tides and is often considered a harmful species.


Gabriela Hannach, Ph. D.
King County Environmental Lab
322 West Ewing St
Seattle, WA 98119
206-684-2301
cell 276-5686
gabriela.hannach at kingcounty.gov<mailto:gabriela.hannach at kingcounty.gov>

From: soundhab-bounces at whoi.edu [mailto:soundhab-bounces at whoi.edu] On Behalf Of Krembs, Christopher (ECY)
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:39 AM
To: soundhab at whoi.edu; soundtox at uw.edu
Subject: SoundHAB: Intense red brown blooms in many bays of Puget Sound

We flew an Eyes Over Puget Sound flight yesterday afternoon (9/11) between Seattle and Olympia (time, 3:45-  5:00 PM, altitude 2500 feet).

We documented intense red brown blooms in:


*         Eld Inlet (example  picture)

*         Budd Inlet

*         Sinclair Inlet

*         Dyes Inlet (example  picture)

*         Agates Passage(Bainbridge Island)

*         Eagle Harbor (Bainbridge Island)

*         Hidden Cove (Bainbridge Island) (example picture)


You can look at all the images from yesterday by going to our EOPS website
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/surface.html

or directly to our ftp site
ftp://www.ecy.wa.gov/eap/Flight_Blog/latest_pictures/September_19-roundtrip_PM/

The September EOPS will be released tomorrow evening on Thursday Sept. 13. Species unfortunately undocumented.

Christopher

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<mailto:ckre461 at ecy.wa.gov>
Tel: 360-407-6675

Please find the latest observations on surface conditions in Puget Sound at:  http://ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/mar_wat/eops/

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