Event name: | US-04-011 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities | |
Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish | |
Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: suspected) | |
Associated syndrome: | ||
Unexplained toxicity: | Yes (suspected ichthyotoxin) | |
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Statewide fish kill hotline and response to HAB events) | |
Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (1990 and 1996) | |
Individuals to contact: | LANDSBERG, Jan , WOLNY, Jennifer |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon, near Fort Pierce, FL; St, Florida east coast HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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Additional date-related information: | ? 08/15/04-08/31/04 for ongoing fish kills and bloom. |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Takayama pulchella
(8,800,000 cells/L)
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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Event-related bibliography: | Steidinger, K.A., Landsberg, J.H., Truby, E.W. and Roberts, B. S. 1998. First report of Gymnodinium pulchellum Larsen 1994 (Dinophyceae) in North America and associated fish kills in the Indian River, Florida. J. Phycol. 34: 431-437. |
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Additional information: | Toxin:? suspected Pb-Tx. Negative for Pb-Tx - unidentified ichthyotoxin suspected. | |||||||||||
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Additional harmful effect information: | Unconfirmed reports of respiratory irritation. |