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1875, Mexico, Karenia brevis

By Dina Pandya | March 28, 2020

The Gulf of Mexico has a long history of fish kill events. One such event, documented in 1975 in Veracruz, Mexico, was accompanied by symptoms of respiratory irritation and is believed to have been caused by the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis. Read more about this event here.