CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Abstracts of discussions 2 



Role of various factors causing Red-Tide blooms as deduced 



from field observations 2 



Red- Tide research at the Florida State laboratory 3 



Field and laboratory work in progress at the Florida State 



laboratory 3 



Current field studies of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 4 



An approach to the red-tide problem 5 



The public health significance of Gymnodinium breve 5 



Comments on etiology of red tide 5 



A design for further red-tide research 6 



Screening of chemicals for control of Gymnodinium breve . . 7 



Ocean currents and Gymnodinium breve 8 



Gymnodinium breve in relation to primary production studies 8 

 Laboratory culture studies and their relation to Gymnodinium 



breve , 8 



California Red tide 9 



Red tides in southern California 9 



Conclusions 11 



