
The Observatoire du Milieu Marin Martiniquais (
OMMM) in Martinique mentions that since May 2011 'huge amounts of pelagic sargassum have been piling up along the coast of Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles'. Research by Fisheries & Oceans Canada in 2008 using
ENVISAT MERIS imagery offers a tool for understanding the phenomenon. The full research article is, J. F. R. Gower & S. A. King (2011):
Distribution of floating Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean mapped using MERIS, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32:7, 1917-1929, and it may be downloaded as a
preliminary Nature article. Thanks Bruce Potter, Shyma Pagad et Jean-Philippe Maréchal.
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A Sargasso Sea Alliance international conservation group was recently set up in Bermuda.
http://www.sargassoalliance.org/
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