| Event name: | GB-00-002 | |
| Country: | UNITED KINGDOM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FRS Marine Laboratory Aberdeen Shellfish Hygiene monitoring programme.) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | BRESNAN, Eileen | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
West, North, East coasts, Orkney, Shetland, England, Scotland and England HAB Area code(s): GB-01 GB-14 GB-15 GB-16 GB-18 GB-19 GB-20 GB-21 GB-22 GB-23 |
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| Additional location information: | Closures for DSP were recorded around the Scottish coast from July through to late autumn. closures in NE england as well. Some closures still in place in November and Dec. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2000-06-26, End: 2000-12-07 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuta
(8,040 cells/L)
Maximum number recorded from one area in this region |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(780 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Bloom started off as D. acuminata, followed by D. acuta in July and Aug. Impossible to separate closures into two events so recorded as one. | |
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| Additional information: | Multiple closures in a variety of species around the Scottish coast. The amount of DSP could not be quantified using the mouse bioassay. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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