Conservancy of SWFL: Naples Pier pelicans need new fishing rules marconews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from marconews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Sick Sandwich Tern
In 2018 at the height of the red tide outbreak, WGCU reported on dead birds falling from the sky in Collier and Lee counties. Now, conservation agencies have concluded those Common and Sandwich Terns died from diseases related to red tide blooms.
Recently published research in the Journal of Comparative Pathology associates the dramatic bird die-off of 2018 to the unusual Bisgaard Taxon 40 bacteria. According to Audubon Florida, researchers believe that brevetoxin, a neurotoxinproduced by red tide, may weaken seabirds and make them susceptible to deadly bacterial infections. Another possibility is that the mortality is caused by some combination of the two toxins, says Dr. Marianne Korosy, Director of Bird Conservation at Audubon Florida.
Red Tide Connected to Dead Birds wgcu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wgcu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.