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General Information

Event name: RU-00-003
Country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Nature of the harmful event:
 Water Discoloration
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 (Plankton monitoring programme of the Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: ORLOVA, Tatiana Yu , SELINA, Marina S. , STONIK, Inna V.

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 43.000000, Longitude: 131.000000
General location information: Rynda Bay (Peter the Great Bay), Primorskii Krai, Southeast Russia
HAB Area code(s): RU-11
Additional location information: 43 2 5 šN; 131 78 7 šE.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2000-09-11
Start: 2000-09-11,
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: Before and after this data, species was found in the water in low concentrations.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Pseudo-nitzschia pungens (1690000 cells/L)
Identified by electron microscopy
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Cerataulina pelagica (450000 cells/L)
Identified by electron microscopy
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Orlova et al., 1996; Orlova, Stonik, 2001; Stonik et al., 2001

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Surface
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
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