| Event name: | US-95-018 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | NSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Brownsville Ship Channel, Dec. 1990.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | STOCKWELL, Dean A. , REISINGER, Tony | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Lower Laguna Madre., Texas. HAB Area code(s): US-18 |
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| Additional location information: | Lower Laguna Madre, South Texas. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1995-09-25, End: 1995-09-26 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium breve
(56,000 - 6 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 29 °C, Min: 27 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 38, Min: 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth Comments | Assumed to be advected from Gulf of Mexico. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Initial blooms occurred in Marina Channel, spread to shallow lagoon environment. Seagrass dominated bottom, water depth 1 meter. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | None taken. | ||||||
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