| Event name: | ES-03-023 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (1. EU Project STRATEGY EVK3-2001-00046. New strategy of monitoring and management of HABs in the Med) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (since 1996, in Barcelona harbour, and since 1998 in Tarragona harbour) | |
| Individuals to contact: | VILA, Magda | |
| Location: | Latitude: 41.108333, Longitude: 1.251667 | |
| General location information: |
Tarragona harbour., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-21 |
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| Additional location information: | Bloom confined in a harbour | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2003-08-31 Start: 2003-05-18, End: 2003-11-09 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
(26,447,339 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | Chlorophyll concentration: 83.3 µg/l µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Vila M, Garcés E, Masó M, Camp J (2001) Is the distribution of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella expanding along the NW Mediterranean coast? Mar Ecol Prog Ser , 222, 73-83. Vila M, Delgado M, Camp J (2001) First detection of widespread toxic events caused by Alexandrium catenella in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Hallegraeff GM, Blackburn SI, Bolch CJ i Lewis RJ (ed) Harmful Algal Blooms 2000. Proc. 9th Int. Conf. Harmful Algal Blooms. IOC, Paris, p 8-11. Vila M, Camp J, Garcés E, Masó M, Delgado M (2001) High resolution spatio-temporal detection of potentially harmful dinoflagellates in confined waters of the NW Mediterranean. J. Plankton Res., 23 (5), 497-514 Vila M., M. Masó, E. Garcés, N. Sampedro, I. Bravo, A. Luglié, K. van Lenning, S. Anglés, B. Puig and J. Camp (2004). Recurrent blooms of Alexandrium catenella in Mediterranean confined waters. Rapp. Comm. Int. Mer Médit., 37, p. 455 | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 29 °C, Min: 16 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 37, Min: 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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