Dear Art and others,
 
There is a brief piece on the Red Tide and related mollusk-and-man medical
problems on our website (Jax Shell Club).  Click on "Selected past articles"
under "Publication" on the homepage.  Once on the next page, click on
"Mollusks and Man, part I."  Website address on my signature below
 
Harry
 
 
At 09:52 PM 5/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Paul;-
>   That's a very fine answer about Sargassum and Red Tide. Is the red
>algae poisonous to mollusks that injest it?  Again, is the sargassum
>home to small shrimp and crabs? Does the sargassum itself act as a
>buffer to waves and movement or does it just exist in this quiet zone?
> Are there other such zones in other oceans similar to this?
>      Art
>
Harry G. Lee
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