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General Information

Event name: ES-00-001
Country: SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:
 Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Pla de Vigilancia de fitoplancton toxic i nociu a la Costa Catalana.)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: VILA, Magda

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 40.610000, Longitude:
General location information: Sant Carles Harbour., Catalonia, NE Spain.
HAB Area code(s): ES-21
Additional location information: The same species bloomed also during the same dates in Ampolla (Max conc. 888,000 cells/L, temp: 21.6-26.8ºC, sal: 25.1-32.7 psu) and Ametlla (Max. conc. 1085000 cells/L, temp: 20.5-21.4, sal. 31.1-35.2 psu) High cell concentrations (up to 740,000 cells/L) were detected in Sant Carles harbour during the whole year. Since 12/09/2000 to 2/10/2000 another bloom was detected in Tarragona barbour (Max. cell. conc.: 3820000 cells/L, temp. 21.8-26.2ºC, sal. 35.1-37.3psu).
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2000-05-07, End: 2000-06-02
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima (1,348,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 27 °C, Min: 21 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 34, Min: 28
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
IOC/UNESCO ISSHA
IOC/UNESCO ICES PICES