| Event name: | PE-12-001 | |
| Country: | PERU | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | ||
| Individuals to contact: | Sonia Sanchez | |
| Location: | Latitude: -13.835556, Longitude: -76.262778 | |
| General location information: |
Paracas bay, Ica HAB Area code(s): Pe_ica7 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2012-04-16 Start: 2012-04-16, End: 2012-05-08 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech et Tangen 1985
(31000000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | associated to the presence of Vibrio alginolyticus | |
| Event-related bibliography: | 1. Orozco R., Quispe Y., Lorenzo A., Zamudio M. (2017). Asociación de floraciones de algas nocivas y Vibrio spp. en áreas de pesca y acuicultura de bivalvos de moluscos en las bahías de Sechura y Pisco, Perú. Revista peruana de biología 24(1): 111 - 116. 2. Tomasa Cuellar-Martinez, Aurora del Rocío Huanca Ochoa, Sonia Sánchez, Arturo Aguirre Velarde, David Correa, Kilder Antonio Egoavil Gallardo, Henry Fernando Luján Monja, Juan Manuel Ipanaqué Zapata, François Colas, Jorge Tam, Dimitri Gutiérrez, Paralytic shellfish toxins in Peruvian scallops associated with blooms of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Paulsen) Balech & Tangen in Paracas Bay, Peru, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 173, Part A, 2021. | |
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| Nutrient information: |
NITRATE:
0.76 - 9.81 μM
PHOSPHATE: 0.73 - 11.56 μM |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 22.5 °C, Min: 18.4 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Management decision: | use of contingency plan | ||||||
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