Event name: | ID-97-001 | |
Country: | INDONESIA | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration | |
Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
Toxicity detected: | No | |
Associated syndrome: | ||
Unexplained toxicity: | ||
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Ambon Bay monitoring) | |
Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
Individuals to contact: | Intan, Mariana DB |
Location: | Latitude: -3.641944, Longitude: 128.235278 | |
General location information: |
inner part of Ambon bay, Ambon Bay HAB Area code(s): IND-01 |
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Additional location information: | Bloom covered 500 m wide and 2 km long. | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1997-11-05, End: 1997-11-12 | |
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Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium affine (Inoue et Kukuyo) Balech 1992
(4400000 cells/L)
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Thalassionema nitzschioides (Grunow) Mereschkowsky 1902
( cells/L)
Planktoniella sp. ( cells/L) Trichodesmium sp. ( cells/L) |
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 10 µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | ||
Event-related bibliography: | Wagey, G. A. (2002). Ecology and physiology of phytoplankton in Ambon Bay, Indonesia (Doctoral dissertation, University of British Columbia). |
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Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
5 uM
PHOSPHATE: 0.2 uM |
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Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface Subsurface |
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Additional harmful effect information: | the local people were informed about the outbreak and some precautionary actions were taken to avoid shellfish consumption until further investigations were made. |