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General Information

Event name: KR-09-003
Country: KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Nature of the harmful event:
 Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
 Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: OTHER
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (NFRDI/Korea HAB monitoring program)
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: Lee, Changkyu , Park, Taegyu

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 34.000000, Longitude: 128.000000
General location information: Jeonam-Gyeongnam province, CHANGWON MASAN BAY
HAB Area code(s): KR-04
Additional location information: tens kilometers in length and several hundred meters in width
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2009-03-12, End: 2009-03-26
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Mesodinium rubrum (5500000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: daily HAB newsletter issued by NFRDI and webpage

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 9.8 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: Whole column
Surface
Growth: Advected
In situ
Growth Comments advected to the north coast
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:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 05:32 on 10 Sep 2015
Updated at 06:20 on 10 Sep 2015