| Event name: | AR-05-001 | |
| Country: | ARGENTINA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 400 ug STX eq 100 g tissue-1) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Mytilus edulis | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Secretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, Ushuaia, Pcia. Tierra del Fuego y SENASA) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | Diego Luis Marzioni , Irene Schloss , Marcelo Hernando | |
| Location: | Latitude: -54.872500, Longitude: -67.536667 | |
| General location information: |
Bahía Brown, Canal Beagle HAB Area code(s): AR-35 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2005-12-09 Start: 2005-12-09, End: 2005-12-29 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2005-12-15, | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
(700 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium ostenfeldii
(300 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 1.4 ug L-1 µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Cadaillon A.M., Almandoz G.O, Hernando M., Saravia L., Maldonado S., Schloss I.R. Spatio-temporal distribution of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins in Beagle Channel (South America) during 2005-2017. Progress in Oceanography (2022) DOI:10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102757 | |
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| Nutrient information: |
NITRATE:
1.8 uM L-1
PHOSPHATE: 1 uM L-1 SILICATE: 1.5 uM L-1 NITRATE + NITRITE: 1.95 uM L-1 |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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