| Event name: | ES-99-009 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Widespread bloom along the coast the previous year (1998)) | |
| Individuals to contact: | VILA, Magda | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Coma-ruga to Arenys., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-22 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1999-07-01, End: 1999-07-15 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
(1,7 x (10) cells/L)
Up to 1,7 x (10)5 cells/L |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
0.1-3.9 µmol/L
NITRATE: 0.1-2.4 µmol/L NITRITE: 0 - 0.3 µmol/L PHOSPHATE: 0-0.8 µmol/L SILICATE: 0.7 - 2.9 µmol/L |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 24 °C, Min: 21 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 38, Min: 33 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth Comments | ¿ ? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Very low concentrations of nutrients. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
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| Management decision: | Closing the extraction of bivalves in the area during two weeks, until levels of PSP were <80 mg PSP/100g. | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Detection of PSP (max. concentration: 149 mg PSP/100g mussel, in Vallcarca Harbour; and 109mg PSP/100g mussel, in Castelldefels beach) | ||||||
