General Information

Event name: CO-16-002
Country: COLOMBIA
Nature of the harmful event:
Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Natural Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (Many times between 1994 to 2016)
Individuals to contact: Mancera, Jose Ernesto , Julian Franco

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 10.840556, Longitude: -74.523056
General location information: Complejo Pajarales, Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, Caribe
HAB Area code(s): COL-02
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2016-08-05
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Synechocystis sp. (2.642.224.551 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 598,080 µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: INVEMAR. 2016. Concepto técnico sobre la mortandad de peces en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta – CGSM. Complejo Pajarales. CPT-CAM-026-16.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 32,6 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 50,9 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 3,7 μg/L
PHOSPHATE: 6,7 μg/L
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 37 °C, Min: 31,2 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 52,3, Min: 41,0
Bloom location in the water column:
Subsurface
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
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Management decision:
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Created at 10:38 on 18 Jul 2017
Updated at 05:28 on 25 Aug 2017
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