General Information

Event name: ES-03-022
Country: SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Aquaculture Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (1. STRATEGY EVK3-2001-00046. New strategy of monitoring and management of HABs in the Mediterranean)
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: MASO, Mercedes

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 38.606667, Longitude: -1.233333
General location information: Ibiza-Tarida Beach., Balearic Island.
HAB Area code(s): ES-27
Additional location information: Beaches Other beaches of the Island were also affected with lower concentrations.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2003-08-22
Start: 2003-08-22,
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium taylorii (560,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Gymnodinium sp. (49,150 cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Basterretxea, G., Garcés, E., Jordi, T., Masó, M., Tintoré, J .Breeze as Alexandrium taylori bloom favoring mechanism in a Mediterranean beach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 62:1-12 Garcés, E., Delgado, M., Maso, M., Camp, J. (1998) Life history and in situ growth rates of Alexandrium taylori (Dinophyceae, Pyrrophyta). Journal of Phycology 34: 880-887. Delgado, M., Garcés, E., Vila,M. and Camp,J. (1997) Morphological variability in three populations of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium taylori. Journal of Plankton Research 19, 749-757.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Yes Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 0.94
NITRATE: 0.34
NITRITE: 0.12
PHOSPHATE: 0.32
SILICATE: 0.69
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Surface
Growth:
In situ
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
IOC/UNESCO ISSHA
IOC/UNESCO ICES PICES