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General Information

Event name: AR-11-003
Country: ARGENTINA
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
 Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 300 ug STX eq 100 g tissue-1)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): Mytilus edulis and Aulacomya ater
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Secretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura, Ushuaia, Pcia. Tierra del Fuego y SENASA Martinez, Bs As)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: Hernando, Marcelo , Irene Schloss , Diego Luis Marzioni

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: -54.872500, Longitude: -67.536667
General location information: Bahía Brown, Canal Beagle
HAB Area code(s): AR-35
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2011-02-10
Start: 2011-01-01, End: 2011-03-28
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium acatenella (600 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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.

Environmental Conditions

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Bloom location in the water column:
Surface
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Alexandrium sp Saxitoxins Bioassay-Mouse
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Created at 06:29 on 15 Sep 2022
Updated at 06:30 on 3 Feb 2023
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