Harmful Algal Information System: Event EE-99-002

General Information

Event name:	EE-99-002
Country:	ESTONIA
Nature of the harmful event:	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
Event occurred before in this location:	No
Individuals to contact:	JAANUS, Andres , KANOSHINA, Inga

Location:	Latitude: 59.500000, Longitude: 24.783056
General location information:	Baltic Sea, Central Gulf of Finland HAB Area code(s): EE-03
Additional location information:	Estonian N-NW and Finnish S-SW coast. ICES fishing area: 32.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 1999-09-15, End: 1999-10-30
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Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Prorocentrum minimum (1,162,000 cells/L) Sept 27 in Tallinn Bay, southern Gulf of Finland
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	10 µg/L Chlª. µg/l
Additional bloom information:	1978 in Danish waters (southwestern Baltic Sea), 1993 first time in the Gulf of Finland (near Helsinki, southern coast of Finland) . Massoccurrence never recorded in Estonial coastal waters before 1999.
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Temperature Range During Event:

Max: 13 °C, Min: 8 °C

Salinity Range During Event:

Max: 6, Min: 4

Bloom location in the water column:

Subsurface

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In situ

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Updated at 03:00 on 2 Dec 2019