| Event name: | ES-00-021 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities , Other ( Finfish mortalities.) | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Monitoring Programme of Centre d'Aqüicultura-IRTA.) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Mortalities of wild fauna (finfish and shelfish) in the bay is observed in winter time since 1994, coinciding with the blooming of a dinoflagellate toxic to fauna (Gyrodinium cosicum).) | |
| Individuals to contact: | DELGADO, Maximino | |
| Location: | Latitude: 40.619722, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Alfacs Bay., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-21 |
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| Additional location information: | The affected area is dedicated to intensive mussel cultivation in rafts, finfish cultivation in ponds located at the margin of the bay and to exploitation of natural shellfish and fisheries. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2000-02-19, End: 2000-02-20 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gyrodinium corsicum
(20,000,000 cells/L)
Toxic to fauna |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 12 °C, Min: 13 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 36, Min: 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Economic losses: | Mortality of 3000 fishes Sparus aurata in culture. | ||||||
| Management decision: | To replace the water in the ponds with water from the bay when the concentration of Gyrodinium corsicum declined. | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Toxic to fauna. | ||||||
