Re: Pelagic sargassum risk 2014

On a recent cruise in the Gulf of Mexico (May) we observed large amounts
of sargassum throughout the Gulf as well.
John
On 6/10/14, 12:31 PM, Directeur OMMM wrote:
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> Dear all
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> Apparently, from a paper by Jim Gower
> Gower, J., et al. (2013). "Satellite images suggest a new Sargassum source region in 2011." Remote Sensing Letters 4(8): 764-773.
> there might be a new origin for the Sargassum that arrived in the
> Lesser Antilles [...]