Event name: | CA-90-004 | |
Country: | CANADA | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration | |
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 | |
Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
Individuals to contact: | SMITH, John C. |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Eastern Prince Edward Island, Gulf Region HAB Area code(s): CA-24 |
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Additional location information: | Baughton River | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1990-09-01, End: 1990-09-30 | |
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Additional date-related information: | September |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(10,000 cells/L)
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | ||
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Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 30, Min: 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Growth Comments | Not known. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Environmental information: | The water column was weakly stratified. |
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Management decision: | None. | ||||||
Additional harmful effect information: | The sample was positive for DTX-1 according to a phosphatase inhibition assay, but the validity of this technique must still be confirmed. |