| Event name: | MX-15-001 | |
| Country: | MEXICO | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Natural Fish , Birds , Shellfish , Aquatic Mammals | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Mareas Rojas (COFEPRIS)) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | Rosalba Alonso Rodriguez , Ernesto García Mendoza/Jennifer Medina-Elizalde | |
| Location: | Latitude: 30.649722, Longitude: -114.566667 | |
| General location information: |
San Felipe Puertecitos, Puerto de San Felipe y Alto Golfo de California, Baja California HAB Area code(s): MEX-GC-1 |
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| Additional location information: | From Puertecitos to the upper Gulf of California | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2015-01-13 Start: 2015-01-13, End: 2015-02-24 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2015-01-14, End: 2015-06-14 | |
| Additional date-related information: | staggered sanitary closure | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943
(152,000 cells/L)
Medina Elizalde et al. (2018) Gymnodinium catenatum (190,000 cells/L) COFEPRIS |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios. 2015. https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/201769/Presencia_de_Marea_Roja_en_costas_nacionales_durante_2015.pdf. Medina-Elizalde J, García-Mendoza E, Turner AD, Sánchez-Bravo YA, Murillo-Martínez R (2018). Transformation and Depuration of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in the Geoduck Clam Panopea globosa From the Northern Gulf of California. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:335. Doi 10.3389/fmars.2018.00335 | |
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| Additional information: | HPLCPCOX and HILIC-MS/MS | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | not evaluated | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | sanitary closure staggered by polygons | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Death of 550 marine birds, 4 sea lions, ducks, pelicans and 6 ton of bivalve molluscs confiscated | ||||||||||||||||
