What causes red tides ?

What 
causes red tides?

Why crimson seas are not as unbelievable a sight as you might first think....


A red tide is the rapid accumulation of a mass of aquatic algae, made up of mobile single-celled microbes, known as dinoflagellates - meaning the nature of tail-like projections spreading them through water. Due to 'whipping whip'. Algae grow, or blossom, more rapidly than usual to consume more nutrients that have suddenly increased from the cool depths of the ocean below. The red color is down to the presence of a certain species of dinoflagellate, or phytoplankton. With more abundant diatom algae, dinoflagellates make up the majority of the plankton of the ocean. Despite the rather staggering appearance of a sea that has turned red, many algal flowers are actually completely harmless. However, you should not consume seafood after red tide as some phytoplankton may release harmful substances into the water. Some dinoflagellates can produce toxins when eaten by other creatures, and harmful substances are then concentrated inside the organisms that feed on them, and later any humans who feed on contaminated seafood. Billions of microscopic dinoflagellates in a red tide can also cause spectacular bioluminescence at night. One species in particular - Lingulodinium polydrum - can make its light from within. When the creature is jerked or collides with it

Some in the ocean, a chemical reaction occurs when an enzyme called luciferase and a substrate called luciferin, both contained within the organism, combine. It is a catalyst for a chemical reaction that releases a flash of blue light. When it happens millions of times simultaneously, the effect is quite remarkable for the audience.

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