General Information

Event name: GB-06-010
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of the harmful event:
Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Natural Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: BRESNAN, Eileen , Davidson, Keith

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Scottish coast,
HAB Area code(s): GB-16 GB-19 GB-20 GB-22
Additional location information: Mortalities common throughout regions highlighted
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2006-07-13
Start: 2006-07-13, End: 2006-08-15
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Karenia mikimotoi (3,600,000 cells/L)
Sample collected in Orkney in Aug 2006
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Description of event in Davidson et al., (2009) Harmful Algae 8, 349–361

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: Benthic mortalities recorded in lugworms, cockles, mussels, urchins, starfish, flatfish, scallops. Also reports of conger eel and sea scorpion fish mortalities (see Davidson et al)
Created at 10:23 on 16 Apr 2018
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