General Information

Event name: AU-03-002
Country: AUSTRALIA
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Humans
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: DSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (SASQAP)
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: Hallegraeff Gustaaf

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: -32.369167, Longitude: 133.916111
General location information: Smoky Bay, South Australia
HAB Area code(s): AU-27
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2003-12-01, End: 2003-12-15
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Dinophysis acuminata Claparède et Lachmann 1859 (21 000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Madigan et al., 2006. Harmful Algae 5: 119-123.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 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:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Dinophysis acuminata Okadaic Acid OA eq 0.43 mg/kg LC-MS
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: Shellfish farm closures during 42 days.
Additional harmful effect information: No human poisoning
Created at 05:33 on 9 Feb 2017
Updated at 08:45 on 10 Feb 2017
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