General Information

Event name: CO-15-010
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
Individuals to contact: Mancera, Jose Ernesto , Julian Franco

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 10.783889, Longitude: -74.515556
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:2015-07-26
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Synechocystis sp. (3536264326 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Prorocentrum minimum (79.058 cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Invemar. 2015. Concepto técnico sobre la mortandad de peces en la Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta (Sector ciénaga de Pajaral)CPT-CAM-015-15. 15 p.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 33,8 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 27,3 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: NITRITE: 4,2 μg/L
PHOSPHATE: 7,6 μg/L
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 33,8 °C, Min: 33,1 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 27,3, Min: 36,2
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
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
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Created at 10:09 on 25 Aug 2017
Updated at 10:16 on 25 Aug 2017
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