General Information

Event name: LV-02-003
Country: LATVIA
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Latvian national marine monitoring)
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: LEDAINE, Iveta

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Central part of the Gulf of Riga, Gulf of Riga, Latvia.
HAB Area code(s): LV-02
Additional location information: ICES fishing area: 28.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2002-08-09,
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Chrysochromulina spp. (32,432 cells/L)
Detected by light microscopy
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): 3.5 Wind direction: NE
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): 6.4 Wind velocity: 3.9
Temperature (°C): 19 Oxygen saturation %: 105 Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 5 Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 0 µM/L
PHOSPHATE: 0.03 µM/L
SILICATE: 11.0 µM/L
NITRATE + NITRITE: 0 µM/L
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information: Wind velocity: 3.9 m/s.

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Updated at 10:00 on 3 Dec 2019
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