General Information

Event name: CR-22-001
Country: COSTA RICA
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities , Foam/Mucilage in the coast
Event directly affected:
Natural Fish , Shellfish , Humans
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 350 µg equivalentes STX/100 g)
Associated syndrome: PSP , Aerosolized toxins effects
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: VARGAS MONTERO MARIBELLE

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 9.926944, Longitude: -84.711667
General location information: Mata de Limón, Caldera, Golfo de Nicoya
HAB Area code(s): CR-2
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2022-05-20
Start: 2022-06-14,
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2022-06-20,
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum (17.000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef, 1961) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017 (92000 cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Piangua Saxitoxins 350 µg equivalentes Bioassay-Mouse
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Created at 02:52 on 21 Jun 2022
Updated at 02:56 on 21 Jun 2022