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List of links to documents on harmful algal blooms.

Issues of aquatic toxins produced by harmful algal blooms has garnered much attention in both the scientific community and in the general public. Please find below a number of technical publications and news articles. All of these documents will open in a new window and require the Adobe Acrobat Viewer for reading.
 

Files larger than 2MB have their size noted and are compressed in a zip file, all other files on this page are pdfs.

Publications

DOH Press Releases:

DOH Brevard CHD Red Tide press release, November 2002

DOH Escambia CHD Red Tide Press Release, October 2005

DOH Duval CHD Blue Green Algae Press Release, August 12, 2005

DOH Martin CHD Blue Green Algae Press Release August 16, 2005

DOH Martin CHD Blue Green Algae St. Lucie Warning lifted November 8, 2005

DOH Lee CHD Blue Green Algae Signs September 2005

Science Magazine:

Algae Toxin Linked to Marine Mammal Deaths, June 8, 2005

Nature Magazine:

Red Tides and Marine Mammal Mortalities, June 2005

Saturday Evening Post:

   The Truth about Florida Red Tide, August 1954

Science News:

  The Rise in Toxic Tides, September 27, 1997
                            Taming Toxic Tides, November 30, 2002
                            Toxic Surfs, July 23, 2005

Historical Photographs:

Red Tide float in Governor Inaugural Parade, Tallahassee 1949

Florida Legislators listening to Governor Bryant on Red Tide Issues, 1963

Technical Documents and Reports:

    HAB Economics Report, Anderson and Hoegland, September 2000

   Economic Effects of HABs in Florida, Larkin and Adams, 2004

   Red Tide Literature Review, Kirkpatrick, et al, November 2002

  Ecological and Toxicological Assessment Of Lyngbya In Florida Springs (5mb zip)

Journal of the Florida Environmental Health Association:

   Review Article on Aquatic Toxins Program (zipped pdf, 3.4 MB)

    Environmental Health Perspectives
                        Mini Monograph on Brevetoxins (Florida Red Tide Toxin),

                        Volume 133, Number 5, May 2005

• Characterization of Marine Aerosols for Assessment of Human Exposure to Brevetoxins
• Effects of Inhaled Brevetoxin in Allergic Airways_Toxin-Allergen Interactions and Pharmacologic Intervention
• Inhalation Toxicity of Brevetoxin 3 in Rats Exposed for Twenty-two Days
• Initial Evaluation of the Effects of Aerosolized Florida Red Tide Toxins in Persons with Asthma
• Natural and Derivative Brevetoxins_Historical Background, Multiplicity and Effects
• Occupational Exposure to Aerosolized Brevetoxins during Florida Red Tide Events_Effects on a Health Worker Population
• Overview of Aerosolized Florida Red Tide Toxins_Exposures and Effects

Health Effects of Exposure to Cyanobacteria Toxins: State of the Science,
August 13-14, 2002

   Link to Proceedings

Seminar on Red Tide in North Florida: Ecology, Impacts and Response Activities; Apalachicola, Florida
May 11, 2006

• Announcement for Seminar on Red Tides in North Florida: Ecology, Impacts and Response Activities
• Historical Perspective of North Florida Red Tides
• Historical Review of Florida Red Tide Impacts on Aquatic Organisms in Northwest Florida
• Ecology and Nutrient Dynamics of Florida Red Tides
• Brevetoxins in the Food Web and Relevance to Public Health
• Florida Red Tide Monitoring and Reporting
• Florida Red Tide: North Florida County Health Department Perspective
• Florida Red Tide Health Studies and Current Activities
• Florida Red Tide Management for Shellfish Harvesting Areas
• Neurotoxic Shellfish Poisoning
• Florida Red Tide Public Health Response Plan Development

Symposium on Public Health Implications of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Florida:
Accomplishments and Challenges; September 28, 29 2006

September 28th
 

• Activities for Year 3B
• Historical Perspectives on CDC / Florida Collaborations
• State Health Department Perspectives on Aquatic Toxins in Florida:
  Public Health Impacts
• Integrated Red Tide Research: Accomplishments, Current Status and
  Public Health Significance: Collaborations and Resource Develop
• Integrated Red Tide Research: Accomplishments, Current Status and
  Public Health Significance: Emergency Room, Follow Up Studies and
  Outreach
• Environmental Monitoring for Florida Red Tide: Water, Waves and Air
• Inhalation Exposures to Florida Red Tide Toxins and Blue Green Algae Toxins
• Red Tide Toxin Accumulation in Fish
• Placental Transport of Red Tide Toxins in Rodents: Public Health
  Implications
• Saxitoxin Fish Poisoning: Emerging Science for Public Health (6MB zip)
• Epidemiology and Clinical Perspectives on Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
• Cyanobacteria Assessment of Freshwater Systems in Florida

September 29th

• Florida Poison Information Center: Marine and Fresh Water Toxins
  Hotline (1.6MB)
• Development and Implementation of Community-Based Public Health
  Response Plans
• It's Not Over Until the ? ! Activities in Year 4 (aka 3B)