NOUN
- seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin
How To Use red tide In A Sentence
- The redish-brown color created by G. breve is a clear sign of red tide, but sometimes the organism may not even produce a visible color to alert man of what's going on in the water. Archive 2004-10-01
- While the effects of red tide on humans can be rather severe, the more milder complications usually clear up about 24 hours after exposure to the blooms is discontinued. Archive 2004-10-01
- Control of red tide, an infestation that makes shellfish unsafe to eat, is another area of concentration.
- The Food and Drug Administration warned against eating lobster tomalley in the summer of 2008 due to high levels of a naturally occurring toxin likely stemming from red tides, or dangerous algal bloom. Q&A: Is it safe to eat fish skins and guts?
- In this paper, an aerial surveillance method of red tide is given.
- The resulting sickness, known as paralytic shellfish poisoning, can cause serious illness or death in humans who consume shellfish with toxic levels of red tide. BangorDailyNews.com > News
- Nine beaches have been closed due to high bacteria levels as well as occasional visits of red tides.
- Red tides, for example, can cause outbreaks of life-threatening diseases, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can shut down mussel and clam harvesting for long periods of time.
- Red tide algal blooms - sudden, massive growths of algae - are known to cause massive fish die-offs, and often prompt authorities to shut down beaches and shellfish beds.
- Sweating and red-faced, he'd stood in the middle of the hall, the tea slopping over the marble in a red tide and the newspaper rapidly disintegrating in the currents.