General Information

Event name: RU-03-005
Country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration , Freshwater
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: microcystins, cylindrospermopsins)
Associated syndrome: Cyanobacterial toxins effects
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Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: Xiao, Man

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 57.066667, Longitude: 39.400000
General location information: Lake Nero, the Yaroslavl Region,
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Microcystis spp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Seenaya et Subba Raju 1972 ( cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
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Event-related bibliography: O. Babanazarova, S. Sidelev, J. Fastner, Northern expansion of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Nostocales, Cyanoprokaryota) observed in shallow highly eutrophic Lake Nero (Russia). International Journal on Algae 17, 131–141 (2015). O. Babanazarova, S. Sidelev, S. Schischeleva, The structure of winter phytoplankton in Lake Nero, Russia, a hypertrophic lake dominated by Planktothrix-like Cyanobacteria. Aquatic biosystems 9, 18 (2013).

Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Created at 12:36 on 12 Feb 2019