| Event name: | US-01-024 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Birds , Aquatic Mammals , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: (Approximate range: 33.4 μg/L BREVETOXINS)) | |
| Associated syndrome: | Aerosolized toxins effects , NSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Crassostrea virginica, the Eastern Oyster. | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (State of Florida HAB program and federal ECOHAB: Florida program.) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Go to www.floridamarine.org) | |
| Individuals to contact: | STEIDINGER, Karen A. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
East coast of Florida, 15 HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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| Additional location information: | Offshore and inshore Gulf of Mexico from Panama City Beach to the Florida Keys up to Martin County on the east coast. This red tide of 2001 was first detected off SW Florida offshore of Johns Pass (27.7267 and -82.9767) and Sarasota (27.1335 and -82.9812) | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2001-11-19 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Karenia brevis
(105,000,000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Foley, A., Stacy, B. A., Schueller, P., Flewelling, L. J., Schroeder, B., Minch, K., Fauquier, D. A., Foote, J. J., Manire, C., Atwood, K. E., Granholm, A. A., Landsberg, J. H., 2019. Assessing Karenia brevis red tide as a mortality factor of sea turtles in Florida. Dis. Aquat. Org. 132, 109–124. | |
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