Harmful Algal Information System: Event ES-00-005

General Information

Event name:	ES-00-005
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:	GARCÉS, Esther

Location:	Latitude: 41.833333, Longitude: 3.150000
General location information:	La Fosca beach., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-23
Additional location information:	At the same time blooms also occurred at Sant Pol (max. conc.: 5190000 cells/L, temp. 22-26ºC, sal: 36.6-38.1 psu) ans Pals (max. conc.: 458000 cells/L, temp. 20-23ºC, sal. 34.0-37.8 psu)
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 2000-06-01, End: 2000-09-01
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Alexandrium taylorii (6,145,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	Up to 43 µg/L Chlª. µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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Nutrient information:

Temperature Range During Event:

Max: 25 °C, Min: 20 °C

Salinity Range During Event:

Max: 38, Min: 37

Bloom location in the water column:

Surface

Growth:

In situ

Growth Comments

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Species containing the toxin

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Kit used: No

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Sites adffected are turst areas.