| Event name: | ES-03-011 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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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: 75.8 µg/g DA.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (MONITORING PROGRAMME OF THE CENTRO DE CONTROL DO MEDIO MARIÑO) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Detected annualy from 1995; generally with a periodicity of two events a year: at the beginning - middle of spring and autumn.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MANEIRO, Juan , PAZOS, Yolanda , MOROÑO, Ángeles | |
| Location: | Latitude: 42.266667, Longitude: -8.719333 | |
| General location information: |
Ría de Vigo., Galicia, NW Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-08 |
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| Additional location information: | 42º 17.50' - 42º 10.90' N; 08º 38.80' - 08º 52.20' W. The affected area is dedicated to intensive mussel cultivation in rafts and to a high production of other molluscs in natural banks: clams, cockles, oyster and scallops are the main species exploited. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2003-07-21 Start: 2003-07-22, End: 2003-07-30 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia australis
(493,020 cells/L)
42º 16.00' N; 08º 43.16' W (St. V2) 21/07/03 Pseudo-nitzschia multiseries ( cells/L) |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima
(2,619,894 cells/L)
Leptocylindrus danicus (54,945 cells/L) Rhizosolenia alata (40,095 cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 5.9 µg/L Chlª. µg/l | |
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| Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
0.94 µg/L
NITRATE: 1.19 µg/L NITRITE: 0.39 µg/L PHOSPHATE: 0.45 µg/L |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 20 °C, Min: 12 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 35, Min: 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Whole column
Subsurface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Additional Environmental information: | Wind velocity: 23 Km/h. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional information: | AOAC Official Method, 1998 991.26, Domoic Acid in Mussels. Liquid Chromatographic Method. | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Not evaluated | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Harvesting was closed in culture areas when domoic acid concentrations was greater than 20 ppm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Irrelevant effects, because the closures caused by this event were brief (two weeks maximum). Closures due to the presence of toxicity in molluscs is usual in the area and resource exploitation strategies allows to face these closures without great proble | ||||||||||||||||
