General Information

Event name: UY-03-002
Country: URUGUAY
Nature of the harmful event:
Freshwater
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: Cyanobacterial toxins effects
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: Xiao, Man

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: -34.616667, Longitude: -54.283056
General location information: Laguna de Rocha ,
HAB Area code(s): UY-01 UY-02
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Seenaya et Subba Raju 1972 ( cells/L)
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: was found just 16S from Cylindrospermopsis but was not a bloom!
Event-related bibliography: C. Piccini, D. Conde, C. Alonso, R. Sommaruga, J. Pernthaler, Blooms of single bacterial species in a coastal lagoon of the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72, 6560–6568 (2006).

Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Created at 01:41 on 18 Feb 2019
Updated at 05:13 on 9 Oct 2020
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