| Event name: | US-24-002 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
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| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (HAB OA, PEP) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | GOBLER | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Peconic Estuary (Meetinghouse Creek), South Shore (Shinnecock Bay), HAB Area code(s): US-08 |
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| Additional location information: | Shinnecock Bay, the bloom was mostly confined to Old Fort Pond Detected from 29/07/2024 to 01/10/2024. Peak bloom was on 6-August-2024 at 2,600 cells/mL and second peak on 13-August-2024 at 1020 cells/mL | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2024-07-29, End: 2024-10-01 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Margalefidinium polykrikoides (Margalef, 1961) F.Gómez, Richlen & D.M.Anderson, 2017
(Peconic: 2500 cells/mL South:2600 cells/mL cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 30.66 °C, Min: 12.6 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 30.94, Min: 8.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | 6 fish kill events reported | ||||||
