SoundHAB: Heterosigma and PN blooms in Puget Sound update

[Teri King]

An update below from Gabriela Hannach,


Teri King
Washington Sea Grant
University of Washington
P.O. Box 488
Shelton, WA  98584
360.432.3054
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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:13:29 +0000
From: "Hannach, Gabriela" <Gabriela.Hannach at kingcounty.gov>
To: Teri King <guatemal at uw.edu>
Subject: RE: SoundHAB: Heterosigma and PN blooms in Puget Sound

Hi Teri,

snip, snip....Big, impressive Pseudo-nitzschia bloom in our offshore samples collected 3 days ago at the north end of Central Puget Sound (off Point Wells and Point Jefferson). Primarily the large cell species.  I don't have cell counts, just Flowcam images.
-Gabriela

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From: soundhab-bounces at whoi.edu [mailto:soundhab-bounces at whoi.edu] On Behalf Of Teri King
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:53 AM
To: soundhab at whoi.edu
Subject: SoundHAB: Heterosigma and PN blooms in Puget Sound

Greetings,

In Sequim and Discovery Bays, Heterosigma is in full bloom with cells too numerous to count.

In Port Susan, Pseudo-nitzschia is blooming, cell counts of over 4 million cells/liter. Shellfish samples from Port Susan analyzed by the Washington State Department of Health show undetectable levels of domoic acid.

The coccolithophore bloom in Hood Canal persists and is stretching into new areas as nutrients are depleted with the lack of rain and nutrient inputs from the shorelines.

Teri
Teri King
Washington Sea Grant
University of Washington
P.O. Box 488
Shelton, WA  98584
360.432.3054
Facebook:  Bivalves for Clean Water
Teri King
Washington Sea Grant
University of Washington
P.O. Box 488
Shelton, WA  98584
360.432.3054
Facebook:  Bivalves for Clean Water