Red tide riddle is Boca Mote pursuit [1]

Gasparilla Gazette - 1/10/13, Terry O'Connor

Air and water quality woes persistent

A ruddy turnstone feasts on another dead mullet.

The red tide funk dogging Southwest Florida shores has been persistent as 2012 draws to a close and 2013 opens.

Capt. Phil O'Bannon, executive director of the Boca Grande Mote Marine Laboratory satellite office, said his group will focus on a red tide study this year in addition to other research involving sharks, snook and tarpon.

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