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Red tide linked to royal tern deaths on causeway
By SCCF - | Feb 17, 2021
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A royal tern sits on the Sanibel Causeway bridge railing.
On Feb. 16, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation reported that many residents and visitors have called SCCF, the city of Sanibel and Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife with concerns about royal terns over the past few weeks and the sight of their carcasses on the Sanibel Causeway bridges.
Although SCCF Marine Lab scientists have detected decreasing levels of Karenia brevis the dinoflagellate that blooms into red tide at island beaches over the last two weeks, the number of wildlife impacts has increased.
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Published: January 18, 2021 5:24 PM EST
Updated: January 18, 2021 7:10 PM EST
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Sadly, fish aren’t the only creatures affected by red tide. Dr. Heather Barron is the Medical and Research Director at CROW Clinic. “We always have birds come in every year,” she said.
Barron sees the effects red tide has on birds firsthand. “They’ll kind of be staggering around,” said Dr. Barron.
Since October 1, 2020, CROW has admitted 124 patients believed to have red tide poisoning. Dr. Barron did say this is a pretty average number.
It includes a turtle and 123 birds. “They eat the fish and it does make them very sick, very rapidly with brevetoxicosis,” said Barron.