General Information

Event name: RU-13-001
Country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Plankton monitoring programme of the Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS)
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: ORLOVA, Tatiana Yu , STONIK, Inna V.

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 43.199444, Longitude: 131.919167
General location information: Amurskii Bay (Peter the Great Bay), Primorskii krai, Southeast Russia
HAB Area code(s): RU-11
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2013-03-26
Start: 2013-02-28, End: 2013-04-10
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus:
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 21.91 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): -1.8 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 33 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: -0.5 °C, Min: -1.8 °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information: the melting period of the ice cover

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:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 04:18 on 8 Oct 2013
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