| Event name: | IS-17-004 | |
| Country: | ICELAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: PSP a week after the bloom) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Blue mussel | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (In earlier years) | |
| Individuals to contact: | Gudfinnsson, Hafsteinn | |
| Location: | Latitude: 65.034722, Longitude: -22.801944 | |
| General location information: |
Breidafjordur, Kidey, West Iceland HAB Area code(s): IS-003 |
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| Additional location information: | The site is a mussel farm | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2017-07-10 Start: 2017-06-19, End: 2017-07-17 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium tamarense
(2440 cells/L)
A.tamarense 1880 c/L Alexandrium ostenfeldii (560 cells/L) |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis spp.
(320 cells/L)
Mainly D. acuminata 200 c/L |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Mixture of diatoms and dinoflagellates | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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| Additional information: | Toxin measured a week after the highest cell numbers | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Closure of blue mussel farm | |||||||||||
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