General Information

Event name: ES-18-020
Country: SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Monitoring Programme of the Instituto Tecnolóxico para o Control do Medio Mariño de Galicia)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (PSP episodes due to Alexandrium sp. ocurred many years since 1995 in Galician coasts)
Individuals to contact: PAZOS, Yolanda , SALGADO, Covadonga , CALVO, Silvia

Location & Date

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General location information: Ria de Baiona, Galicia, NW Spain
HAB Area code(s): ES-08
Additional location information: This area is dedicated to intensive mussel cultures in rafts
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2018-11-21, End: 2018-12-10
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: Initial and final event dates are approximate

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium minutum (60844 cells/L)
St: B1 (Ria de Baiona) Date: 10/07/2018
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Raft cultured mussel Saxitoxins Bioassay-Mouse
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Created at 09:09 on 8 May 2019
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