Resource Guide for Public Health Response to Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida

In October 1997,Virginia Wetherell, then Secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, conceived and created the Florida Harmful Algal Bloom Task Force (FHABTF) as an ad hoc group to identify gaps in information on harmful algal blooms (HABs) in Florida, particularly Karenia brevis red tides and potential Pfiesteria fish kills. Secretary Wetherell invited Dr. James Howell, then Secretary of the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), to co-chair the ad hoc task force. The FHABTF received a legislative mandate in July 1999, Florida Statute (F.S.) Chapter (Ch.) 370.06092 (now F.S. Ch. 379.2271).

Publisher - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI)

Subjects - Algal Bloom; Human Health; Red Tide; Dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve (Karenia brevis); Dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida

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Citation: Abbott GM, Landsberg JH, Reich AR, Steidinger KA, Ketchen S, Blackmore C. 2009. Resource Guide for Public Health Response to Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida. Tallahassee (FL): Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI); TR-14. 132 pp http://research.myfwc.com/publications/publication_info.asp?id=58596