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What makes the sea tum red and causes thousands of fish to
die?As far back as anyone could remember,
the blame was
placed on the "red tides." In 1947, scientists finally connected the red
tides with a microscopic sea organism(有机体){#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call)the dinoflagellate.
The dinoflagellate is so tiny {#blank#}2{#/blank#} 6, 000 of these organisms may be contained
in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} single drop of water. It stands on the
borderline between plant and animal in its classification, it produces its own
food, as plants do. But it moves {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(free)and eats other organisms,
as animals do.
Dinoflagellates are normally only one of the many kinds of
organisms found in plankton. Plankton is the name given to all very small {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(form)of sea life. However,
when the air and
water {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(be)calm and warm, dinoflagellates multiply with {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(amaze)sped. The surface of the water appears {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(cover)with a red carpet.
The dinoflagellates give off a poison. Many fish die. Their
bodies are washed up on the beach. Beaches are not fit {#blank#}9{#/blank#} any use. Fish that are not killed may
become {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(poison)to animals or people who eat them.
Commercial fishing comes to a stop.
As dinoflagellates consume all the food and
oxygen in an area, they die. After a time,
the sea returns to
normal. But when conditions are right, the red tide comes again.