| Event name: | US-92-001 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , Mass mortalities , Other ( Respiratory irritation.) | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | NSP , Aerosolized toxins effects | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Jan-Feb, Juyl-Nov 1991; Feb-March, Oct-Nov 1990; March-May 1989; Oct-Dec 1988; Jan/Feb, May-July, Sep/Oct 1987; Sept-Dec 1986; Sept-Dec 1985; Jan-March, May-Aug 1984; Jan/Feb, Oct-Dec 1983; Jan-April, July-Oct 1982; Sept/Oct 1981; Jan/Feb, June-Nov 1980; and before.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | STEIDINGER, Karen A. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Pinellas to Lee County, Florida HAB Area code(s): US-16 |
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| Additional location information: | Ocurred in coastal and nearshore water. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1992-09-01, End: 1993-01-17 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium breve
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Coastal surface water samples ranged from negative to 2,100,000 cells/L; offshore (up to 20 miles out) surface water samples ranged from negative to 10,330,000 cells/L. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 36 °C, Min: 16 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 26, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth Comments | Advected population from offshore waters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Wide salinity (>22‰) ranges and nearshore surface water temperatures from 16º C to 35º C; offshore water salinity was >26‰ and temperatures ranged from 29º C to 29.2º C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Shellfish bans: 9-4, 1-17, Longboat Key (Sarasota County; 9-8, 1-17, Lower Tampa Bay (Manatee County); 9-9, 1-17, Lemon Bay (Sarasota county), Lemon Bay and Gasparilla Sound (Charlotte County), Pine Island Sound and Matlacha (Lee County); 9-15, 1-17, | ||||||
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