General Information

Event name: MX-09-002
Country: MEXICO
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
Planktonic life
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: PSP
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: Rosalba Alonso Rodriguez

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur
HAB Area code(s): GC
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2009-03-24, End: 2009-05-14
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943 (1.90 x 10^4 cells/L)
Chattonella marina (Subrahmanyan) Hara et Chihara 1982 (3.60 x 10^4 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 7,500 µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: López-Cortés, D. J., Band-Schmidth, C. J., Gárate-Lizárraga, I., Bustillos-Guzmán, J. J., Hernández-Sandoval, F. E., Núñez-Vázquez, E. J. 2011. Co-ocurrence of Chattonella marina and Gymnodinium catenatum in Bahía de la Paz, Gulf of California (spring 2009). Hidrobiológica. 21(2): 185-196.

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: AMONIUM: 4.2 uM
NITRATE: 11 uM
NITRITE: 0.68 uM
PHOSPHATE: 2.6 uM
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 21.5 °C, Min: 19.5 °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Surface
Subsurface
Growth:
In situ
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

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Created at 07:44 on 8 Feb 2018
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