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Assessing the potential for red tide (Karenia brevis) algal bloom impacts on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) along the southwestern coast of Florida

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This study investigated the potential effects of red tide events (blooms of the toxin-producing dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis) on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), a long-lived migratory game fish, along the southwestern coast of Florida. In this region, red tides have long been associated with mass mortality events of marine organisms and other deleterious effects on coastal ecosystems. To estimate the impacts of red tide on tarpon and the recreational fishery they support, we used a mixed-methods approach that combined multiple data sources including fish kill data, local ecological knowledge (LEK) interviews, angler catch logs, and acoustic telemetry. Our results suggested tarpon are somewhat tolerant to red tide blooms; but, when blooms did overlap with tarpon peak abundance and became dense and large, tarpon were reported to leave the affected area, suffered mortality, or both. Furthermore, in recent years, LEK data suggested an increase in the persistence and overlap of red tide blooms with peak tarpon abundance that coincided with their spawning season. In contrast, using acoustic telemetry data, we did not detect any pattern in tarpon presence during red tide events, further suggesting that tarpon may be adaptive to the effects of red tide. Finally, to evaluate monitoring methods, data quality, and collection, we used a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis and found all could be improved through increased engagement with LEK and collaboration among researchers. Ultimately, combining multiple data sources helped elucidate how red tide exposure influences tarpon and the recreational fishery that targets them.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the guides and anglers that participated in the interviews, tagging of tarpon, and that belong to the Cape Coral Tarpon Hunters Club, as well as Robert Steffan. In addition, we thank FWRI Harmful Algal Bloom working group for providing K. brevis sampling data. The inshore acoustic receivers in Charlotte Harbor were supported by NOAA Fisheries Species Recovery grants NA16NMF4720062 and NA19NMF4720108. Funding for the FWRI Marine Fish Kill Hotline was derived from State of Florida saltwater recreational fishing license revenues, or the US Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program (WSFR) (F21AF00848). Lastly, we would like to thank all those that assisted in acoustic telemetry data downloads and detection sharing.

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  1. Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA, 01003, USA

    Lucas P. Griffin & Andy J. Danylchuk

  2. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA

    Claudia Friess, Micah D. Bakenhaster, Sarah Walters Burnsed, Robert D. Ellis & Susan Lowerre-Barbieri

  3. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 34236, USA

    Kim Bassos-Hull, James Locascio & Krystan A. Wilkinson

  4. Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Jacob W. Brownscombe

  5. Department of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr., Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

    Steven J. Cooke

  6. Division of Natural Sciences, New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, 34243, USA

    Jayne M. Gardiner

  7. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatic Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32653, USA

    Susan Lowerre-Barbieri

  8. Charlotte Harbor Field Laboratory, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Port Charlotte, FL, 33954, USA

    Gregg R. Poulakis & Andrew K. Wooley

  9. Havenworth Coastal Conservation, Palmetto, FL, 34221, USA

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  10. Chicago Zoological Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program C/O Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL, 34236, USA

    Krystan A. Wilkinson

  11. Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, 2937 SW 27th Ave, Ste. 203, Miami, FL, 33133, USA

    JoEllen K. Wilson & Aaron J. Adams

  12. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, 5600 US 1 North, Fort Pierce, FL, 34946, USA

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Griffin, L.P., Friess, C., Bakenhaster, M.D. et al. Assessing the potential for red tide (Karenia brevis) algal bloom impacts on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) along the southwestern coast of Florida. Environ Biol Fish 106, 255–273 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-022-01324-7

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