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General Information

Event name: GB-02-010
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
 Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: positive DSP bioassay)
Associated syndrome: DSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Food Standards Agency, Scotland Biotoxin Monitoring Programme)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (See reports from previous years from this location)
Individuals to contact: BRESNAN, Eileen , TURRELL, Elizabeth , MURRAY, LORNA

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 55.929722, Longitude: -50.065556
General location information: Troustan, Argyll
HAB Area code(s): GB-16
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2002/07/30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2002/07/30, End: 2002/12/02
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Dinophysis acuta (860 cells/L)
Dinophysis acuminata (300 cells/L)
Discolithina sp. (200 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: Phytoplankton data taken from 2002/06/15.
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Mytilus edulis Bioassay-Mouse
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