Not all red tide algae blooms are bioluminescent, nor are they all innocuous, she said. Last summer, for example, a red tide bloom released a neurotoxin called domoic acid that sickened sea lions ...

Bioluminescence at Torrey Pines Beach. (Photo: Mark Girardeau) A large algae bloom was spotted around the Santa Monica Pier, extending for miles down the coastline. Oct. 22, 2024. (Sky5 ...

said she estimates the algae bloom causing the neon glow is at or nearing its peak. “The bioluminescent dinoflagellate ... has had the right conditions of nutrients and sunlight in nearshore ...

said she estimates the algae bloom causing the neon glow is at or nearing its peak. "The bioluminescent dinoflagellate ... has had the right conditions of nutrients and sunlight in nearshore ...

The display of bioluminescence, created when a type of algae is agitated ... "We have recently had dinoflagellate blooms up and down the California coast," Clarissa Anderson, a biological ...

Yes, bioluminescence can be pretty to look at ... associate director at Heal the Bay Aquarium in Santa Monica. Large algae bloom spotted off Santa Monica Pier Rink added that the algae’s decomposition ...

Not all red tide algae blooms are bioluminescent, nor are they all innocuous, she said. Last summer, for example, a red tide bloom released a neurotoxin called domoic acid that sickened sea lions ...

and you’ll have this massive plankton bloom, which is this red tide.” Algae agitation has also amazed beachgoers at night via bioluminescence, creating a dazzling blue light from ocean waves.

An algae bloom may be turning daylight waters a shade of muddy red but the phenomenon is turning evening waves an electric blue. The phytoplankton bloom occurs when a species of the organism known ...

While algae blooms are not directly toxic to humans ... The best time to observe the blooms are at night when they're bioluminescent.

Rebecca Shipe, an adjunct associate professor at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, said she estimates the algae bloom causing the neon glow is at or nearing its peak. "The ...