General Information

Event name: US-88-001
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: HURST, John W.

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Cobscook Bay and Easport, Maine
HAB Area code(s): US-01
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: September 1988

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Nitzschia sp. ( cells/L)
Presumably
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: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
In situ
Growth Comments Probably in situ growth, species known to occur in Maine coastal waters
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: Closure of area to the harvesting of all shellfish
Additional harmful effect information: Toxicity of Blue mussels, Mytilus edulis. Domoic acid concentrations of 5-20 ppm. analyzed by HPLC
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