Mote robot helps monitor local red tide
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY
Meet Waldo. Mote Marine Laboratory researchers are deploying this underwater robot to monitor the red tide algae bloom off Englewood and Boca Grande over the next two weeks.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY MOTE MARINE LABORATORY
Meet Waldo. Mote Marine Laboratory researchers are deploying this underwater robot to monitor the red tide algae bloom off Englewood and Boca Grande over the next two weeks.
SARASOTA — Mote Marine Laboratory dispatched its underwater robot — dubbed “Waldo” — to monitor red tide in Englewood and Boca Grande waters.
Working with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Mote Marine researchers will be monitoring the red tide algae bloom with Waldo over the next two weeks, Mote announced Friday.
