{"id":719,"date":"2012-09-28T21:32:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scotland.gov.uk\/coastal-monitoring\/?p=719"},"modified":"2018-04-09T10:16:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T09:16:09","slug":"aberdeen-foam-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2012\/09\/28\/aberdeen-foam-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Aberdeen Foam Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed in the national press that a very unusual sea foam (or spume) event occurred this week in Aberdeen. This foam is a natural product and it is not considered a harmful event. In case you missed it, here is a news link to this extraordinary sight &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marine Scotland scientists sampled the foam and sea water around the village of Footdee. Samples were examined microscopically to analyse the phytoplankton (very small algae) present.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/Foam-on-the-water.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-720 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/Foam-on-the-water-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/251;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Analysis of the sea water showed the phytoplankton present (diatoms and small flagellates) to be typical of the autumn community present in the North East of Scotland. A species of phytoplankton, called <em>Phaeocystis globosa, <\/em>which has been associated with foam events in the Netherlands, was not observed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/foam-pic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-721 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/foam-pic-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/226;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/foam-sample.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-722 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/foam-sample-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/228;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The foam contained a lot of detritus as well as some very small phytoplankton cells. This is consistent with the foam event being caused by the breakdown of organic matter, probably as a result of the turbulence caused by the high winds on Monday and Tuesday<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/microscope.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-723 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/microscope-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/218;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/water-sample1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-726 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2012\/09\/water-sample1-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/210;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by Eileen Bresnan and Sheila Fraser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed in the national press that a very unusual sea foam (or spume) event occurred this week in Aberdeen. This foam is a natural product and it is not considered a harmful event. In case you missed it, here is a news link to this extraordinary sight &#8211; http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19716141 Marine Scotland scientists&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-mss"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aberdeen Foam Event - Marine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2012\/09\/28\/aberdeen-foam-event\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aberdeen Foam Event - Marine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You may have noticed in the national press that a very unusual sea foam (or spume) event occurred this week in Aberdeen. 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