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General Information

Event name: US-08-001
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
 High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
 Planktonic life , Aquatic Mammals
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Florida Redtide Monitoring Program)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (Occurred last year in this general location)
Individuals to contact: TRUBY, Earnest W. , HEIL, Cynthia A.

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 24.716944, Longitude: 81.357500
General location information: Southwest Florida, Gulf of Mexico
HAB Area code(s): US-16
Additional location information: location range: 24.71730 to 25.91165 N, -81.35750 to -82.12370 W.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Additional date-related information: The bloom was detected on 12/02/08 and ended on 29/04/08.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Karenia brevis (277000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Karenia mikimotoi (333 cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): 6.3 Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 23.7 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 38.4 Current Velocity: 0
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Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
Growth: Advected
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Toxin Assay Information

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