Center for Red Tide Tracking and Forecasting
Publications
Red-tide related papers by members of the Center for Red Tide Tracking and Forecasting
2021
Soto, I.M., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, J. Wolny, and F. E. Muller-Karger (2021). Remote
detection of glooms of the neurotoxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on the West Florida Shelf. In: IOCCG (2021). Observation of Harmful Algal Blooms
with Ocean Colour Radiometry. Bernard, S., Kudela, R., Robertson Lain, L. and Pitcher,
G.C. (eds.), IOCCG Report Series, No. 20, International Ocean Colour Coordinating
Group, Dartmouth, Canada, pp. 61-71.
2019
Weisberg, R.H. (2019), Chapter 3: Material Transports, in 鈥淲ind-borne illness from
coastal seas: Present and future consequences of toxic marine aerosols鈥� by J.J. Walsh,
R.H. Weisberg and J.M. Lenes, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-812131-3.00003-3.
Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, C. Lembke, C. Hu, K. Hubbard, M. Garratt (2019), The Coastal Ocean Circulation Influence on the 2018 West Florida Shelf K. brevis Red Tide Bloom, J. Geophys. Res., 124(4), 2501-2512.
2018
Cannizzaro, J., I. Soto, C. Hu (2018). Remote sensing as a monitoring and modeling
tool. In Steidinger, K.A. and Meave del Castillo, M.E. [Eds.] Guide to the Identification
of Harmful Microalgae in the Gulf of Mexico. St. Petersburg, FL, USA, Florida Fish
and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, pp 523-246.
2017
Hu, C. and L. Feng (2017). Modified MODIS fluorescence line height data product to
improve image interpretation for red tide monitoring in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
J. Appl. Remote Sens., 11(1), 012003, h.
Qi, L., C. Hu, B.B. Barnes, Z. Lee (2017). VIIRS captures phytoplankton vertical migration in the NE Gulf of Mexico. Harm. Algae, 66, 40-46, .
Walsh, J.J., J.M. Lenes, R.H. Weisberg, L. Zheng, C. Hu, K.A. Fanning, R. Snyder, J. Smith (2017), More surprises in the global greenhouse: Human health impacts from recent toxic marine aerosol formations, due to centennial alterations of world-wide coastal food webs, Mar. Poll. Bull., .
Weisberg, R.H. and Y. Liu (2017), On the Loop current penetration into the Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 9679-9694, .
2016
Hu, C., B.B. Barnes, L. Qi, C. Lembke, D. English (2016). Vertical migration of Karenia brevis in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico observed from glider measurements. Harm. Algae,
58, 59-65, .
Hu, C., B. Murch, A.A. Corcoran, L. Zheng, B.B. Barnes, R.H. Weisberg, K. Atwood, J.M. Lenes (2016). Developing a smart semantic web with linked data and models for near real-time monitoring of red tides in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. IEEE Systems Journal, 10, 1282-1290, .
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, J.M. Lenes, L. Zheng, K. Hubbard, and J.J Walsh (2016), Offshore forcing on the "pressure point" of the West Florida Shelf: Anomalous upwelling and its influence on harmful algal blooms, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 5501-5515, .
Soto, I.M., F.M. Muller-Karger, C. Hu, J. Wolny (2016). Characterization of Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf using ocean color satellite imagery: Implications for bloom maintenance and evolution. J. of Appl. Remote Sens., 11(1), 012002.
Walsh, J.J., J.M. Lenes, B.P. Darrow, A.A. Parks, R.H. Weisberg (2016). Impacts of combined overfishing and oil spills on the plankton trophodynamics of the West Florida shelf over the last half century of 1957-2011: A two-dimensional simulation analysis, Cont. Shelf Res., 116, 54-73.
Weisberg, R.H., L. Zheng, and Y. Liu (2016), West Florida Shelf upwelling: Origins and pathways, J. Geophys. Res., 121, 5672-5681, .
Weisberg, R.H., L.Y. Zheng, Y. Liu, A. Corcoran, C. Lembke, C. Hu, J. Lenes, and J. Walsh (2016). Karenia brevis blooms on the west Florida shelf: A comparative study of the robust 2012 bloom and the nearly null 2013 event. Cont. Shelf Res., 120, 106-121,
2015
Hu, C., B.B. Barnes, L. Qi, A.A. Corcoran (2015). A harmful algal bloom of Karenia brevis in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico as revealed by MODIS and VIIRS: A comparison.
Sensors, 15, 2873-2887, .
Liu, Y., H. Kerkering and R.H. Weisberg (2015). Introduction to Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Y. Liu, H. Kerkering and R.H. Weisberg, eds., Elsevier, London, ISBN: 978-0-12-802022-7, 461pp.
Qi, L., C. Hu, J. Cannizzaro, A.A. Corcoran, D. English, and C. Le (2015). VIIRS observations of a Karenia brevis bloom in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico in the absence of a fluorescence band. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 12, 2213-2217, .
Soto, I.M., J. Cannizzaro, F.E. Muller-Karger, C. Hu, J. Wolny, D. Goldgof (2015). Evaluation and optimization of remote sensing techniques for detection of Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf. Remote Sens. Environ., 170, 239-254, .
Walsh, J.J., J.M. Lenes, B.P. Darrow, A.A. Parks, R.H. Weisberg, L. Zheng, C. Hu, B.B. Barnes, K.L. Daly, S.-I. Shin, G.R. Brooks, W.H. Jeffrey, R.A. Snyder, and D. Hollander (2015). A simulation analysis of the plankton fate of the Deepwater Horizon oil spills, Cont. Shelf, Res., 107, 50-68, .
Weisberg, R.H., L. Zheng and Y. Liu (2015). Basic tenets for coastal ocean ecosystems monitoring, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Y. Liu, H. Kerkering and R.H. Weisberg, eds., Elsevier, London, ISBN: 978-0-12-802022-7, 461pp.
2014
Heil, C.A., D.A, Bronk, L.K. Dixon, G.L. Hitchcock, G.J. Kirkpatrick, M.R. Mulholland,
J.M. O鈥橬eil, J.J. Walsh, R.H. Weisberg, and M. Garrett (2014). The Gulf of Mexico
ECOHAB: Karenia Program 2006-2012. Harm. Algae, 38, 3-7, doi:10.1016/j.hal.2014.07.015.
Heil, C.A., L.K. Dixon, E. Hall, M. Garrett, J.M. Lenes, J.M. O鈥橬eil, B.M. Walsh, D.A, Bronk, L. Killberg-Thoreson, G.L. Hichcock, K. A. Meyer, M.R. Mulholland, L. Procise, G.J. Kirkpatrick, J.J. Walsh, and R.H. Weisberg (2014). Blooms of Karenia brevis (Davis) G. Hansen & O. Moestrup on the West Florida Shelf: Nutrient sources and potential management strategiesbased on a multi-year regional study. Harm. Algae, 38, 127-140, .
Hu, C. and L. Feng (2014). GOES Imager shows diurnal change of a Trichodesmium erythraeum bloom on the west Florida shelf. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 11: 1428-1432.
Hu, C., S. Sathyendranath, J.D. Shutler, C.W. Brown, T.S. Moore, S.E. Craig, I. Soto, A. Subramaniam (2014). Detection of dominant algal blooms by remote sensing. In: IOCCG (2014). Phytoplankton Functional Types from Space. Sathyendranath, S. (ed.), Reports of the International Ocean-Colour Coordinating Group, No. 15, IOCCG, Dartmouth, Canada, pp. 39-70.
Weisberg, R.H., L. Zheng, Y. Liu, C. Lembke, J.M. Lenes and J.J. Walsh (2014), Why a red tide was not observed on the West Florida Continental Shelf in 2010. Harm. Algae, 38, 119-126, .
2013
Cannizzaro, J. P., P. R. Carlson Jr., L. A. Yarbro, and C. Hu (2013). Optical variability
along a river plume gradient: Implications for management and remote sensing. Estuar.
Coast. Shelf Sci., 131, 149-161, .
Zhao, J., C. Hu, B. Lapointe, N. Melo, E.M. Johns, R.H. Smith (2013). Satellite-observed black water events off Southwest Florida: Implications for coral reef health in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Remote Sens., 5, 415-431, .
Zhao, J., C. Hu, J.M. Lenes, R.H. Weisberg, C. Lembke, D. English, J. Wolny, L. Zheng, J.J. Walsh, G. Kirkpatrick (2013). Three-dimensional structure of a Karenia brevis bloom: observations from gliders, satellites, and field measurements. Harm. Algae, 29, 22-30, .
2012
Lenes, J. M., Darrow, B. P., Walsh, J. J., Jolliff, J. K., Chen, F. R., Weisberg,
R. H., & Zheng, L. (2012), A 1-D simulation analysis of the development and maintenance
of the 2001 red tide of the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on the West Florida shelf. Cont. Shelf Res., 41, 92-100, .
Liu, Y. and R.H. Weisberg (2012), Seasonal Variability on the West Florida Shelf. Prog. Oceanogr., 104, 80-98, .
Soto, I.M., C. Hu, K. Steidinger, F. Muller-Karger, J. Cannizzaro, J. Wolny, S. Cerdeira-Estrada, E. Santamaria del Angel, F. Tafoya del Angel, P. Alvarez-Torres, J. Herrera Silveira, J. Allen (2012). Binational collaboration to study Gulf of Mexico's harmful algae. Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 93, 49-50.
Zheng, L. and R.H. Weisberg (2012), Modeling the West Florida Coastal Ocean by Downscaling from the Deep Ocean, Across the Continental Shelf and into the Estuaries, Ocean Modeling, 48 (2012), 10-29, .
2011
Hu, C., J. Cannizzaro, K.L. Carder, Z. Lee, F.E. Muller-Karger, I. Soto (2011). Red
tide detection in the eastern Gulf of Mexico using MODIS imagery. In: Morales, J.,
V. Stuart, T. Platt, and S. Sathyendranath (Eds.). Handbook of Satellite Remote Sensing
Image Interpretation: Applications for Marine Living Resources Conservation and Management,
EU PRESPO and IOCCG, Dartmouth, Canada. pp. 95-110.
Weisberg, R.H. (2011) Coastal Ocean Pollution, Water Quality and Ecology: A Commentary, MTS Journal, Vol. 45, No. 2, 35-42.
2010
Hu, C., J. Cannizzaro, K.L.Carder, F.E. Muller-Karger, R. Hardy (2010). Remote detection
of Trichodesmium blooms in optically complex coastal waters: Examples with MODIS full-spectral data.
Remote Sens. Environ., 114, 2048-2058, .
2009
Cannizzaro, J.P., C. Hu, D.C. English, K.L. Carder, C.A. Heil, F.E. Muller-Karger
(2009). Detection of Karenia brevis blooms on the west Florida shelf using in situ backscattering and fluorescence data.
Harm. Algae, 8, 898-909, .
Weisberg, R.H., A. Barth, A. Alvera-Azc谩rate, and L. Zheng (2009). A coordinated coastal ocean observing and modeling system for the West Florida Shelf, Harm. Algae., 8, 585-598.
2008
Barth, A., A. Alvera-Azc谩rate, and R. H. Weisberg (2008). A Nested Model Study of
the Loop Current Generated Variability and its Impact on the West Florida Shelf, J.
Geophys. Res., 113, C05009, .
Cannizzaro, J.P., K.L. Carder, F.R. Chen, C.A. Heil, G.A. Vargo (2008). A novel technique for detection of the toxic dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis in the Gulf of Mexico from remotely sensed ocean color data. Cont. Shelf Res., 28: 137-158, .
Hu, C. and F.E. Muller鈥怟arger (2008). Mexico鈥怳S Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Efforts: Workshop on Taxonomy of Harmful Algal Blooms; Veracruz, Mexico, 18鈥�22 February 2008. Eos, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 89(24), 219-219.
Hu, C., R. Luerssen, F.E. Muller-Karger, K.L. Carder, C.A. Heil (2008). On the remote monitoring of Karenia brevis blooms of the west Florida shelf. Cont. Shelf Res., 28(1), 159-176, .
Lenes, J.M., B.A Darrow, J.J. Walsh, J.M. Prospero, R. He, R.H. Weisberg, G.A. Vargo, and C.A Heil (2008). Saharan dust and phosphatic fidelity: A three-dimensional biogeochemical model of Trichodesmium as a nutrient source for red tides on the West Florida Shelf, Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 1091-1115.
Milroy, S.P., D.A. Dieterle, R. He, G.J. Kirkpatrick, K.M. Lester, K.A. Steidinger, G.A. Vargo, J.J. Walsh, and R.H. Weisberg (2008). A three-dimensional biophysical model of Karenia brevis dynamics on the west Florida shelf: A look at physical transport and zooplankton grazing controls. Cont. Shelf Res., 28, 112-136.
2007
Alvera-Azc谩rate, A., A. Barth, J.M. Beckers, and R.H. Weisberg. (2007). Multivariate
reconstruction of missing data in sea surface temperature, chlorophyll and wind satellite
fields. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C03008, .
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, and L.K. Shay (2007). Current patterns on the West Florida Shelf from joint Self-Organizing Map analyses of HF radar and ADCP Data, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 24, 702-712.
2006
Hu, C., F.E. Muller鈥怟arger, P.W. Swarzenski (2006). Hurricanes, submarine groundwater
discharge, and Florida's red tides. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11601, doi:10.1029/2005GL025449.
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, and R. He (2006). Sea surface temperature patterns on the
West Florida Shelf using growing hierarchical self-organizing maps. J. Atm. Ocean.
Tech., 23, 2, 325鈥�338.
Walsh, J.J., J.K. Jolliff, B.P. Darrow, J.M. Lenes, S.P Milroy, A Remsen, D.A. Dieterle, K.L. Carder, F.R. Chen, G.A.Vargo, R.H. Weisberg, K.A. Fanning, F. Muller-Karger, K.A. Steidinger, C.A. Heil, C.R. Tomas, J.S. Prospero, T.N. Lee, G.J. Kirkpatrick, T.E. Witledge, D.A. Stockwell, T.A. Villareal, A.E. Jochens, and P.S. Bontempi (2006). Red tides in the Gulf of Mexico: Where, when, and why? J. Geophys. Res., 111, C11003, doi:10.1029/2004JC002813.
2005
Hu, C., F.E. Muller-Karger, C.J. Taylor, K.L. Carder, C. Kelble, E. Johns, C.A. Heil
(2005). Red tide detection and tracing using MODIS fluorescence data: A regional example
in SW Florida coastal waters. Rem. Sens. Environ., 97(3), 311-321, .
Hu, C., J.R. Nelson, E. Johns, Z. Chen, R.H. Weisberg, and F. Muller-Karger (2005). Mississippi water in the Florida Straits and in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Georgia in summer 2004. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 L14606,
Liu, Y. and R.H. Weisberg (2005). Patterns of ocean current variability on the West Florida Shelf using the self-organizing map. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C6, C06003
Weisberg, R.H., R. He, Y. Liu, and J.I. Virmani (2005). West Florida shelf circulation on synoptic, seasonal, and inter-annual time scales, in Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico, W. Sturges and A. Lugo-Fernandez, eds., AGU monograph series, Geophysical Monograph 161, 325-347.
2004
Hu, C., F.E. Muller-Kager, G.A. Vargo, M.B. Neely, and E. Johns (2004). Linkages between
coastal runoff and the Florida Keys ecosystem: A study of a dark plume event. Geophys.
Res. Lett. 31, L15307, .
Weisberg, R.H., R. He, G. Kirkpatrick, F. Muller-Karger, and J.J. Walsh (2004). Coastal ocean circulation influences on remotely sensed optical properties: A west Florida shelf case study. Oceanogr., 17, 68-75.
2003
He, R and R.H. Weisberg (2003). A Loop Current intrusion case study on the West Florida
Shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 465-477.
Hu, C., K.E. Hackett, M.K. Callahan, S. Andr茅fou毛t, J.L. Wheaton, J.W. Porter, F.E. Muller-Karger (2003). The 2002 ocean color anomaly in the Florida Bight: a cause of local coral reef decline? Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(3), 1151, .
Jolliff, J.K., J.J. Walsh, R. He, R.H. Weisberg, A. Stovall-Leonard, P.G. Coble, R. Comny, C. Heil, B. Nababan, H. Zhang, C. Hu, and F. Muller-Karger (2003). Dispersal of the Suwannee River plume over the West Florida shelf: Simulation and observation of the optical and biochemical consequences of a flushing event. Geophys. Res. Letts., 30, 13, 1709.
Walsh, J.J., R.H. Weisberg, D.A. Dieterle, R. He, B.P. Darrow, J.K. Jolliff, K.M. Lester, G.A. Vargo, G.J. Kirkpatrick, K.A. Fanning, T.T. Sutton, A.E. Jochens, D.C. Briggs, B. Nababan, C. Hu, and F. Muller-Karger (2003). The phytoplankton response to intrusions of slope water on the West Florida Shelf: models and observations. J. Geophys. Res., 108, C6, 15, .
Weisberg, R.H. and R. He (2003). Local and deep-ocean forcing contributions to anomalous water properties on the West Florida Shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 108, C6, 15,
2002
Hu, C, et al. (2002). Satellite images track 鈥渂lack water鈥� event off Florida coast.
EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 83, pp281,285.
Walsh, J.J. K.D. Haddad, D.A. Dieterle, R.H. Weisberg, Z. Li, H. Yang, F.E. Muller-Karger, C.A. Heil, and W.P. Bissett (2002). A numerical analysis of the landfall of 1979 red tide of Karenia brevis along the west coast of Florida. Cont. Shelf Res., 22, 15-38.
2001
Vargo, G.A., C.A. Heil, D. Spence, M.B. Neely, R. Merkt, K. Lester, R.H. Weisberg,
J.J.Walsh and K. Fanning (2001). The Hydrographic regime, nutrient requirements, and
transport of a Gymnodinium breve Davis red tide on the West Florida shelf. Proceeding of the IXth International Conference
on Harmful Algal Blooms, Feb 7-11, 2000. Hobart, Australia. G.M. Hallegraeff, S. I.
Blackburn, C.J. Bolch, and R.J. Lewis (eds.), 157-160.