Lingulodinium polyedra - Bloom Conditions
Each bubble represents a single day of sensor measurements from Scripps Pier in La Jolla, CA. Use the legend below to interpret bubble size and color, and the Play button to animate through time.
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Note: some dates are absent from the dataset due to sensor outages or collection gaps. The animation skips missing days rather than interpolating values.
Chlorophyll (ug/L)
Low (< 10)
Medium (10-40)
High (> 40)
Bloom volume (mL)
expected mL of L. poly per liter of seawater
Bloom Event Timeline
Colored bars are bloom events (>= 5 mL). Click any event to jump to it. The purple line tracks the current animation date.