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During the Sargassum inundation event in 2018, 11,000 Acute Sargassum Toxicity cases were reported in an 8-month span on just the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. [34] Massive amounts of floating Sargassum present a physical barrier preventing corals and seagrasses from receiving sufficient light, fouling boat propellers, and ...
The development of the belt 2011–2018. This Sargassum was first reported by Christopher Columbus in the 15th century but recently appeared in 2011 in the Atlantic. [4]As of 2023, the belt is estimated to weigh about 5.5 million metric tonnes and extends 5,000 miles (8,000 km), stretching from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Caribbean Sea sargassum belt was observed at 3 million tons in size. Sargassum has also been reported on beaches in southern regions of Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.
Commonly called seaweed, Sargassum is a type of macroalgae. Like all algae, it produces oxygen. Like all algae, it produces oxygen. Based on 1975 measurements of oxygen production, and estimates of the total mass of Sargassum in the sea, it can be calculated that the Sargasso Sea may produce 2.2 billion litres of O₂ per hour, [ 27 ] making ...
“The goal is to be able to put a single beach on alert when a sargassum inundation is imminent, instead of alerting the entire Caribbean,” Brian Barnes, an assistant research professor and a ...
Mexican authorities say the problem of foul-smelling seaweed-like algae on the country's Caribbean coast beaches is “alarming.” The arrival of heaps of brown sargassum on the coast's normally ...
Sargassum is a species of large brown seaweed, a type of macroalgae that floats in large masses. On some beaches in Florida, the "blobs" of crunchy, dry, brown stinky seaweed are fairly large.
Sargassum natans is a species of brown algae in the family Sargassaceae. [1] In English the species goes by the common names common gulfweed , narrowleaf gulfweed , or spiny gulfweed . [ 2 ] : 126