| Event name: | US-16-039 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: <40 - 328 ug saxitoxin equivalents) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FWC/FWRI HAB monitoring program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | HUBBARD, Katherine | |
| Location: | Latitude: 27.000000, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Southwest Florida, West coast of Florida HAB Area code(s): US-16 |
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| Additional location information: | loom primarily spanned inshore and coastal waters but was spatially and temporally patchy | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2016-07-25, End: 2016-08-08 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pyrodinium bahamense
(947833 cells/L)
PSP producer |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Management decision: | Shellfish closure | |||||||||||
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