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General Information

Event name: AM-12-001
Country: ARMENIA
Nature of the harmful event:
 High Phyto concentration , Freshwater
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: microcystins, anatoxin-a, homoanatoxin-a, saxitoxins, cylindrospermopsins)
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: 40.149722, Longitude: 44.466667
General location information: Lake Yerevan,
HAB Area code(s): AM-01
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Microcystis spp. ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: A. Minasyan, Taxonomic richness and quantitative characteristics of the phytoplankton community in the epilimnion of Lake Yerevan (Armenia). Lakes, reservoirs and ponds 10, 77–95 (2016).

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
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Created at 01:59 on 18 Feb 2019
Updated at 10:15 on 26 Nov 2019