General Information

Event name: CL-17-001
Country: CHILE
Nature of the harmful event:
Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Aquaculture 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: No
Individuals to contact: Jorge I. Mardones

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Golfo de Penas, Aysen
HAB Area code(s): CL-04
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2017-01-26
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Karenia sp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Villanueva et al., 2017. Harmful Algal News 57.

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
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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: 170.000 pc salmon ~ US$390.000
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 07:23 on 11 Sep 2017
Updated at 07:30 on 11 Sep 2017
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