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Karenia mikimotoi is a toxic dinoflagellate alga with a cosmopolitan distribution and is a commonly reported red tide species. Blooms of K. mikimotoi have caused large fish and benthic invertebrate mortalities resulting in major economic losses. A recent publication of NCCOS sponsored research reports, for the first time, on a massive K. mikimotoi bloom that occurred in Kachemak Bay and lower Cook Inlet (Alaska) in 2013.

Time series of MODIS-Aqua satellite near-infrared chlorophyll reflectance imagery of south-central Alaska captured over the course of the 2013 K. mikimotoi bloom.. The image captured on October 1 showed high levels of bioluorescence in Kachemak Bay, during the bloom peak, and indicated high biomass. Credit: Vandersea et al., 2020.