| Event name: | ES-03-012 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 201.6 µg/g DA.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (MONITORING PROGRAMME OF THE CENTRO DE CONTROL DO MEDIO MARIÑO) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Detected annualy from 1995; generally with a periodicity of two events a year: at the beginning - middle of spring and autumn.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MANEIRO, Juan , PAZOS, Yolanda , MOROÑO, Ángeles | |
| Location: | Latitude: 43.133000, Longitude: -9.162833 | |
| General location information: |
Ría de Camariñas., Galicia, NW Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-06 |
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| Additional location information: | The affected area has a high production of molluscs in natural banks: clams, cockles, oyster and scallops are the main species exploited. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2003-10-13 Start: 2003-10-07, End: 2003-10-21 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(106,920 cells/L)
43º 07.98' N; 090 09.77' W (St. GD) 13/10/03 |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | No data available. µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Additional species: No data available. | |
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| Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
1.85 µg/L
NITRATE: 0 µg/L NITRITE: 0.42 µg/L PHOSPHATE: 0.68 µg/L |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Wind velocity: 18 Km/h. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional information: | AOAC Official Method, 1998 991.26, Domoic Acid in Mussels. Liquid Chromatographic Method. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Not evaluated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Harvesting was closed in culture areas when domoic acid concentrations was greater than 20 ppm. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Irrelevant effects, because the closures caused by this event were brief (two weeks maximum). Closures due to the presence of toxicity in molluscs is usual in the area and resource exploitation strategies allows to face these closures without great proble | |||||||||||||||||||||
