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General Information

Event name: US-16-019
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
 Shellfish , Aquatic Mammals
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: Domoic acid- California Mussels (mytilus californicus): 70 ppm)
Associated syndrome: ASP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (California Department of Public Health Marine Biotoxin Monitoring Program)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (ASP events are common in San Luis Obispo County)
Individuals to contact: ZUBKOUSKY-WHITE, Vanessa

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Central California, CA
HAB Area code(s): US-20
Additional location information: San Luis Obispo Bay
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2016-06-13,
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Pseudo-nitzschia seriata ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Created at 05:09 on 21 Mar 2017
Updated at 01:27 on 10 Oct 2020