General Information

Event name: FI-05-001
Country: FINLAND
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:
Individuals to contact: LEHTINEN, Sirpa , SETÄLÄ, Outi

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea
HAB Area code(s): FI-05
Additional location information: Four sampling stations
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: Sampling 26.7.-16.8.2005

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Dinophysis spp. (ca. 5000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Setälä O., Sopanen S., Autio R., Kankaanpää H. & Erler K. (2011) Dinoflagellate toxins in northern Baltic Sea phytoplankton and zooplankton assemblages. Bor Env Res 16:509-520

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:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Dinophysis spp. Pectenotoxins PTX2 ca. 17.6 pg/cell LC-MS
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information: Also PTX2SA was detected in some of the samples
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Updated at 12:32 on 5 Oct 2018
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