General Information

Event name: CA-13-001
Country: CANADA
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 407 ug Saxitoxin equiv./100 g)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Phytoplankton monitoring in the western Fundy Isles in th Bay of Fundy)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (PSP has been detected annually since 1943 in the Fundy Region)
Individuals to contact: MARTIN, Jennifer , WHITE, John

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 45.048056, Longitude: -66.777500
General location information: Deadmans Harbour, Northwestern Bay of Fundy
HAB Area code(s): CA-22
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2013-06-05
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2013-04-15, End: 2013-10-09
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium fundyense Balech 1985 (6280 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: sunny Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction: SW
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): 8.19 Wind velocity: 10 knots
Temperature (°C): 9.7 Oxygen saturation %: 119.36 Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): 3.8 Salinity: 30.50 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 0.46
NITRITE: 0.07
PHOSPHATE: 0.294
SILICATE: 0.62
NITRATE + NITRITE: 0.71
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Mya arenaria Saxitoxins STX eq 407 ug/100g LC-MS
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
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Management decision:
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Created at 04:34 on 27 Feb 2014
Updated at 06:58 on 2 Apr 2014
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