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General Information

Event name: ES-00-008
Country: SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:
 High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: PSP
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: No
Individuals to contact: VILA, Magda

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 42.050000, Longitude: 3.203333
General location information: Estartit harbour., Catalonia, NE Spain.
HAB Area code(s): ES-23
Additional location information: Another A. minutum bloom was observed since 10/7 to 8/8 in Roses harbour (max. cell conentration: 72000 cells/L, temp: 20.3-22.5ºC, sal: 38.8-38.1)
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2000-05-05, End: 2000-08-21
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium minutum (238,000 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: 23 °C, Min: 16 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 37, Min: 34
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