General Information

Event name: UY-05-001
Country: URUGUAY
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (National Monitoring Program of Harmful Phytoplankton and Shellfish Toxicity)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: MENDEZ, Silvia

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: -34.950000, Longitude: -54.933333
General location information: Punta del Este, Maldonado
HAB Area code(s): UY-02
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2005-03-22
Start: 2005-03-14, End: 2005-04-12
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943 (160000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 24 °C, Min: 20 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 28.8, Min: 16
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
In situ
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: preventive shellfish closure
Additional harmful effect information: ban was imposed during bloom that rapidly dispersed
Updated at 05:47 on 22 Mar 2018
Checked at 03:04 on 9 Oct 2020