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General Information

Event name: SE-97-001
Country: SWEDEN
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes
Event occurred before in this location: No
Individuals to contact: KARLSON, Bengt

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Skagerrak.,
HAB Area code(s): SE-08
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: May-July.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium minutum (30,000 cells/L)
June-beguinning of July
Alexandrium ostenfeldii (5,000 cells/L)
May-June
Alexandrium tamarense (5,000 cells/L)
May-June
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information: PSP concentrations analyzed by mouse assay were reported "high". In June and the beginning of July PSP concentrations of 300 MU/100 g was measured.
Updated at 04:37 on 1 Mar 2018
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