Townsend to talk about red tides, changes in Gulf of Maine

David Townsend will present “Red Tides, Unusual Plankton Blooms, and Recent Changes in the Oceanography in the Gulf of Maine” at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 2, in Brooke Hall at the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole.  His talk will focus on red tides, which are algal blooms that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), read more Townsend to talk about red tides, changes in Gulf of Maine