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Experts Measure Red Tide Outbreak Along Southwest Fla. Coast
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by debwire | August 15, 2005 at 10:10 pm
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NAPLES, Fla. (AP) - Scientists were trying to measure the size of a red tide outbreak after about 40 reports of dead ocean life at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico off the southwest Florida coast.
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Huge red tide bloom choking off oxygen to Gulf floor, creating dead zoneTAMPA -- An unusually
fierce red tide bloom this summer has choked off oxygen and killed
undersea life in a large region of the Gulf of Mexico bottom about 10
miles offshore, scientists said.
The area between northern Pinellas and Pasco counties covers some of
the spots where divers previously reported a ``dead zone'' void of sea
life. Preliminary results of the research were reported Monday
following a research cruise by scientists last week.