| Event name: | ES-03-021 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | Yes (Microtox) | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (1. EU Project STRATEGY EVK3-2001-00046. New strategy of monitoring and management of HABs in the Med) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Since 1995) | |
| Individuals to contact: | GARCÉS, Esther | |
| Location: | Latitude: 41.833333, Longitude: 3.150000 | |
| General location information: |
La Fosca, Catalonia, NE Spain HAB Area code(s): ES-23 |
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| Additional location information: | ||
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2003-05-24, End: 2003-09-04 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | At the same time blooms also occurred in diferent beaches in a wide area called Costa Brava. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium taylorii
(2,059,493 cells/L)
15/7/03 |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium sp.
(373,824 cells/L)
29/7/03 |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Gasol J.M., Garcés, E. Vila M. (2005) Strong small-scale temporal bacterial changes associated with the migrations of bloom-forming dinoflagellates. Harmful Algae Vol 4/4 pp 771-781. Basterretxea G, Garcés E, A. Jordi A, M. Masó M, Tintoré J (2004). Breeze conditions as a favoring mechanism of Alexandrium taylori blooms at a Mediterranean beach. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 32 (1-2):1-12. Masó, M., Garcés, E., and Camp, J. (2003). Drifting plastic debris as a potential vector for dispersing Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) species. Sciencia Marina 67 (1):107-111 Vila, M., Camp, J., Garcés, E., Masó, M. and Delgado, M. (2001) High resolution spatio-temporal detection of HABs in confined waters of the NW Mediterranean. Journal of Plankton Research, 23: 497-514 Garces, E., Maso, M. and Camp, J. (1999) A recurrent and localized dinoflagellate bloom in Mediterranean beach. Journal of Plankton Research 21: 2373-2391 Garcés, E., Delgado, M., Maso, M., Camp, J. (1998) Life history and in situ growth rates of Alexandrium taylori (Dinophyceae, Pyrrophyta). Journal of Phycology 34: 880-887. Delgado, M., Garcés, E., Vila,M. and Camp,J. (1997) Morphological variability in three populations of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium taylori. Journal of Plankton Research 19, 749-757. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 28 °C, Min: 19 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 38, Min: 36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | Affected sites are touristic areas | ||||||
