| Event name: | US-95-010 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 660 µg STXeq / 100 gr.) | |
| 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: | Yes (1932, '62, '66, '67, '69, '75, '82, '84, '89, '90, '95.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | ROSS, Maria R. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Mendocino County., California. HAB Area code(s): US-21 |
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| Additional location information: | Anchor Bay and Fort Bragg (Virgin Creek) areas. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1995-08-08, | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | August 8th Anchor Bay, August 29th Fort Bragg (Virgin Creek). | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
( cells/L)
Not confirmed |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Alexandrium catenella? However, from the Phytoplankton monitoring data the high levels of PSP was not associated with any concentration of the above dinoflagellate. | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Ref: State of California Department of Health Services (SCDHS). Shellfish Monitoring Program Technical Reports 95-09 thru -10, -15 thru -20, -22, -27, -30, -31, -33. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth Comments | It would be difficult to assess the origin of the population that caused the high PSP levels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | No data available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Since the regular annual quarantine on sport-harvested mussels was in effect no other management decision was implemented. | ||||||||||||||||
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