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Oceanography: Red tide rising

Algal blooms can make life miserable for coastal dwellers and wreak havoc on marine ecosystems. Mark Schrope reports on Florida's efforts to predict these red tides.

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Mark Schrope is a freelance writer on Florida's east coast who wheezed this winter through a red tide.

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University of South Florida ocean circulation group

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Schrope, M. Oceanography: Red tide rising. Nature 452, 24–26 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452024a

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