red tide

English

A red tide.

Etymology

From red ‎ tide.

Noun

red tide (plural red tides)

1. An algal bloom of sufficient quantity to cause discoloration (often red) in a body of water; red tides can potentially cause irritation or death to exposed creatures.
   1. specifically, one caused by Karenia brevis.

Synonyms

• crimson tide

Translations

algal bloom

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤潮 (zh) (chìcháo), 紅潮／红潮 (zh) (hóngcháo)

• Finnish: punainen vuorovesi
• French: marée rouge (fr) f
• Galician: marea vermella f
• German: rote Flut f
• Greek: κόκκινη παλίρροια f (kókkini palírroia)
• Hungarian: vörös dagály
• Japanese: 赤潮 (ja) (あかしお, akashio)
• Portuguese: maré vermelha f
• Russian: кра́сный прили́в (ru) m (krásnyj prilív)
• Spanish: marea roja f
• Thai: ช่วงน้ำแดง (chûangnáam daeng)
• Vietnamese: thuỷ triều đỏ

See also

• Alexandrium fundyense
• Alexandrium monilatum
• Gonyaulax
• Karenia
• Gymnodinium
• Dinophysis
• Noctiluca
• Chattonella
• Ceratium
• Amoebophyre
• Alexandrium
• Cochlodinium

Further reading

• red tide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:red tide on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons