| Event name: | CA-08-062 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 20.6ug Domoic acid/g-289.0ug Domoic acid/g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Monitoring Program of Toxic and Harmful Algae) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Presence of ASP toxins in the Gulf of St. Lawrence since 1998) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SAUVÉ, Gilbert , STARR, Michel , Lessard, Sylvie | |
| Location: | Latitude: 51.024444, Longitude: -58.586667 | |
| General location information: |
North coast Mecantina Trough, Quebec Region HAB Area code(s): CA-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Q-6; 200 km vicinity of Tete-a-la-Baleine | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2008-07-27 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2008-07-22, End: 2008-09-21 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia seriata
(5600 cells/L)
2008-09-28 |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | There maybe some other species that may contribute to explain the presence of domoic acid. However, there is no taxonomic observation supporting this possibility at our HAMP stations. The most atypical observation for 2008 is the unusual abundances of Pseudo-nitzschia pungens at our stations(Max: 343 501 cells/L at Q-9 in mid-Oct). However, this species wasn't observed in two sectors (Q-11 and Q-12) | |
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| Nutrient information: |
NITRATE:
Min. 0.18 Max. 1.31
PHOSPHATE: Min. 0.14 Max. 0.40 SILICATE: Min. 3.68 Max. 13.29 |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 17 °C, Min: 9 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 31.1, Min: 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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