Harmful Algal Information System: Event ES-01-002

General Information

Event name:	ES-01-002
Country:	SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:	High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected:	No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:	No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	Yes (Pla de Vigilancia de fitoplancton toxic i nociu a la Costa Catalana.)
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (Since 1996, in other harbours.)
Individuals to contact:	VILA, Magda

Location:	Latitude: 41.133889, Longitude: 1.402500
General location information:	Torredembarra harbour., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-21
Additional location information:	Bloom confined in a a harbour. Not bloom concentrations were detected outside.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Event Date:2001-06-25
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:	Low cell detection was detected on 10/06/01. Max. cell conc. (500,000 cells/L) occured on 25/06/01. The bloom finished on 6/08/01. This species is widespread along the Catalan coast. Cell detections above 10000 cells/L were also detected since Ferbruary to August in Estartit, Arenys, Vilanova and Cambrils harbour.

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Alexandrium minutum (500,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	7.3 µg/L Chlª. µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: