General Information

Event name: PHL-87-003
Country: PHILIPPINES
Nature of the harmful event:
Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Aquaculture Fish , Shellfish
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:
Individuals to contact: AZANZA, Rhodora , YNIGUEZ, Aletta

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Canaco Bay near Bacoor Bay, Cavite, Manila Bay,
HAB Area code(s): PHL-3
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:1987-07-01
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Noctiluca sp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Ronquillo 1988 as cited in Pullin, R.S.V., Rosenthal, H., Maclean, J.L. (eds.) (1993) Environment and aquaculture in developing countries. ICLARM Conf. Proc. (31): 359 p.

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:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information: death of fish in cages, mussles, oysters, shrimp and crabs
Created at 03:03 on 27 Sep 2017
Updated at 09:41 on 2 Feb 2018