Researchers report 'moderately large' potential for red tide outbreak in Gulf of Maine region

Toxic bloom expected to be smaller than last year, but still significant

		IMAGE: Maps of the Gulf of Maine reveal the concentration of Alexandrium cysts buried in seafloor sediments, as detected by WHOI-led surveys in the fall of 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,... Click here for more information.

The potential for an outbreak of the phenomenon commonly called "red tide" is expected to be "moderately large" this spring and summer, according to researchers with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and North Carolina State University (NCSU).