General Information

Event name: RU-06-001
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: No
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: OSTASZ, Michael J. , SELINA, Marina S. , MOROZOVA, Tatiana V.

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 43.150000, Longitude: 13.900000
General location information: Amurskii Bay (Peter the Great Bay), Primorskii krai, Southeast Russia
HAB Area code(s): RU-11
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2006-07-04
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Heterosigma akashiwo (38000000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky 1902 ( 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): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 19 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 18 Current Velocity: 0
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Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
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Toxin Assay Information

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