| Event name: | PT-03-001 | |
| Country: | PORTUGAL | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 0.2 - 266 µg DA/g.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (HAB Monitoring programme) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | VILARINHO, Mª da Graça , VIEIRA, Mª Joao , VALE, Paulo | |
| Location: | Latitude: 37.000000, Longitude: -8.000000 | |
| General location information: |
Viana do Castelo, *Aveiro, Figueira da Foz,**, Mainly NW coast of Portugal. HAB Area code(s): PT-02 PT-03 |
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| Additional location information: | 37º - 42ºN; 8º - 10ºW. 500 Km of shoreline. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2003-07-31, | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | Detection date: *31 July, **20 May. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(85,700 cells/L)
* Aveiro bloom Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (129,100 cells/L) ** Óbidos lagoon bloom |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Leptocylindrus danicus
(26,500 cells/L)
* Aveiro Chaetoceros sp. (6,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Leptocylindrus danicus (13,500 cells/L) ** Óbidos lagoon Thalassiosira sp. (9,000 cells/L) **Óbidos lagoon Chaetoceros sp. (8,000 cells/L) **Óbidos lagoon |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Temp: 15.2 Aveiro; 19.3 in Obidos. Salinity: 35.5 Aveiro; 36.5 in Obidos. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional information: | HPLC Quilliam Method. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Close the area to bivalve cath. | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | ND (not detected) <0.2 µg/g | ||||||||||||||||
