| Event name: | US-16-043 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Shellfish , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| 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: | Yes (2012-2013) | |
| Individuals to contact: | HUBBARD, Katherine | |
| Location: | Latitude: 28.000000, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon, East Coast of Florida HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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| Additional location information: | Time series monitoring indicates that A. lagunensis commonly occurs in IRL phytoplankton assemblages. Increased abundance was observed at the end of 2015 and by March 2016, this organism dominated a bloom that extended through much of the lagoon. | |
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| Additional date-related information: | 09/15/15-06/31/16; max bloom period Jan-March | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Aureoumbra lagunensis
(>1,000,000,000 cells/L)
mixed assemblage observed in some samples dominated by A. lagunensis |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Extensive fish kills noted in late March 2016 | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Additional Environmental information: | Most samples collected were surface samples | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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