General Information

Event name: AR-22-002
Country: ARGENTINA
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: Hernando, Marcelo , Gonzalez Trilla, Gabriela , Quaini, Karina

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Costa Sur Río de la Plata, Quilmes
HAB Area code(s): AR-00
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2022-12-07
Start: 2022-11-15, End: 2022-12-30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Thalassiosira spp. (30000000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Microcystis sp. (219000 cells/L)
Cyclotella spp. (6800000 cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 59 ug L-1 µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: http:ciamo.ambiente.gob.ar

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): 9 mg L-1 Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 28.5 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Surface
Growth:
In situ
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
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Created at 11:44 on 8 Feb 2023
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