SCCF Partners with Roskamp on Red Tide Study
Today, ten islanders, including some SCCF staff, are participating in the Roskamp Institute’s red tide research study.
The Sarasota-based Roskamp Institute has an RV set up in the parking lot of SCCF headquarters on San-Cap Road to facilitate their participation during the current active red tide bloom.
“Partnering with SCCF once again for this critical red tide study allows us to build on a strong foundation of research and community engagement,” said Laila Abdullah, Ph.D., a Roskamp scientist leading the study. “It is important to test participants both during bloom and outside of the bloom so that we can see the differences between the two times.”
Roskamp staff collecting samples on Sanibel.
During an active red tide bloom off our coast in 2021, about 80 islanders took part in a Roskamp study that found a connection between exposure to airborne red tide and neurological symptoms. Read about it here.
