| Event name: | US-95-015 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 265 µg STXeq / 100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Butter clams (Saxidomus gigonteus) | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Toxicity and epidemiology documented in area.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | OSTASZ, Michael J. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 57.775000, Longitude: 152.391667 | |
| General location information: |
Crooked Island., Alaska. HAB Area code(s): US-27 |
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| Additional location information: | NE of Kodiak Island. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1995-04-25 Start: 1995-04-25, |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth Comments | Small island north of main Kodiak Island. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Press release two weeks before incident. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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