| Event name: | PT-04-001 | |
| Country: | PORTUGAL | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 3.3 - 125.1 µg/g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Blue mussels, Carpet shells, Common cockles, Razor clams, Scallops | |
| 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 , 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 - 42º N; 8º - 10 º W. | |
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| Additional date-related information: | Detection date: *Aveiro: 15 July. **Figueira da Foz, Lisboa: 28 June. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(487,300 cells/L)
* Aveiro bloom Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (315,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz bloom |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Cerataulina pelagica
(24,000 cells/L)
* Aveiro Chaetoceros sp. (8,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Detonula pumila (7,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Leptocylindrus danicus (337,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Ceratium fusus (14,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Dinophysis acuminata (400 cells/L) * Aveiro Dinophysis acuta (550 cells/L) * Aveiro Scrippsiella trochoidea (12,000 cells/L) * Aveiro Asterionellopsis glacialis (13,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz Cylindrotheca closterium (31,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz Druridgea compressa (132,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz Paralia sulcata (50,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz Scrippsiella trochoidea (4,000 cells/L) ** Figueira da Foz |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | ND (not detected) <0.3 µg/g | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
