SoundHAB: Heterosigma akashiwo bloom in northern Hood Canal

[Teri King]

Correction, the 150 small perch were found over a 300 foot segment of beach.

Best,
Teri

On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:55 AM Teri King <guatemal at uw.edu> wrote:

> I was alerted to an unusual plankton bloom 5 miles South of the Hood Canal
> bridge, 0.5 miles North of a development called Bridgehaven on the South
> Point Road late on the evening of July 15.  Associated with the bloom were
> a couple of dead perch.  I was able to send out a team of SoundToxins
> phytoplankton monitoring and research volunteers on July 16 that live
> nearby and they were able to grab a sample of the bloom and identify the
> contents.
>
> Between the observations and photos from the Rock Point Oyster Company
> combined with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center based SoundToxins
> monitor efforts I can confirm a *Heterosigma akashiwo*bloom and about 150
> dead smaller sized perch in a 50 foot swath at that location.
>
> Best,
>
> Teri
>
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