General Information

Event name: DO-15-001
Country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
Planktonic life
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): unknown
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: ZAPATA L., Zoraida

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 17.928056, Longitude:
General location information: East coast of Florida , caribbean and central america, South
HAB Area code(s): RD-2
Additional location information: Pedernales, Cabo Rojo
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2015-08-17
Start: 2015-08-17, End: 2015-08-27
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus:
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: sunny Turbidity (NTU): 0.82 Wind direction: SE
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): 6.53 Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 29 Oxygen saturation %: 128 Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 39 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: BDL
NITRATE: 0.003
NITRITE: 0.8
PHOSPHATE: 0.08
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 29.48 °C, Min: 29.31 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 39.88, Min: 39.25
Bloom location in the water column:
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Toxin Assay Information

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Created at 09:29 on 28 Oct 2015
Updated at 02:45 on 2 Dec 2019
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