| Event name: | US-13-011 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Natural Fish , Other Terrestrial , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FWC/FWRI HAB Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Aureoumbra lagunensis bloom occurred (for the first time) in this area in 2012. Pedinophyceae blooms in this region first reported 2011.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SCOTT, Paula | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon System: Volusia and Brevard counties, HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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| Additional location information: | Lagoon system: 70 miles n to s, 11 miles w to e | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2013-04-08, End: 2013-11-13 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | no established quarantine levels | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Aureoumbra lagunensis
(489,280,000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | http://myfwc.com/research/redtide/events/other/brown-tide/ | |
| Event-related bibliography: | http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/first-florida-brown-tide-algal-bloom-in-indian-river-and-mosquito-lagoons-confirmed/ http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/harmful-algae-from-brown-tides-in-texas-now-appearing-in-florida-waters/ http://floridaswater.com/irlupdate/ http://floridaswater.com/itsyourlagoon/ http://floridaswater.com/itsyourlagoon/whatwearedoing.html | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 31.8 °C, Min: 21.1 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 42.4, Min: 22.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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| Additional information: | no samples tested for toxins. | ||||||
| Economic losses: | The Aureoumbra lagunensis bloom is affecting recovery, equating to $235-$479M/yr. that the seagrass remains absent; decline of shellfish resources, namely juvenile northern hard clams and eastern oysters | ||||||
| Management decision: | NOAA Harmful Algal Event Response program has provided event response funding to researchers at Stony Brook Univ. to further investigate this bloom. | ||||||
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