| Event name: | US-16-042 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: <40 - 328 ug STX equivalents per 100 g shellfish tissue tissue) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | no documented human illnesses | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute /Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | HUBBARD, Katherine | |
| Location: | Latitude: 27.000000, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Pine Island Sound, 7/22/15-8/1/16, West Coast of Florida HAB Area code(s): US-16 |
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| Additional location information: | bloom primarily spanned inshore and coastal waters but was spatially and temporally patchy | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2016-07-25 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | End: 2016-08-08 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pyrodinium bahamense
(947,833 cells/L)
PSP Producer |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ephemeral bloom | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth Comments | unknown but likely in situ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | harvesting closures | |||||||||||
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