General Information

Event name: US-16-042
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish , Humans
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: <40 - 328 ug STX equivalents per 100 g shellfish tissue tissue)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): no documented human illnesses
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute /Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: HUBBARD, Katherine

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 27.000000, Longitude:
General location information: Pine Island Sound, 7/22/15-8/1/16, West Coast of Florida
HAB Area code(s): US-16
Additional location information: bloom primarily spanned inshore and coastal waters but was spatially and temporally patchy
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2016-07-25
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): End: 2016-08-08
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Pyrodinium bahamense (947,833 cells/L)
PSP Producer
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: ephemeral bloom
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 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:
Growth Comments unknown but likely in situ
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Crassostrea virginica Saxitoxins 328 ug STX equi/100g Bioassay-Mouse
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: harvesting closures
Additional harmful effect information:
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