| Event name: | ES-02-002 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Monitoring Programme of the Centro de Control do Medio Mariño) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (The DSP episodes caused by Dinophysis acuminata are a recurrent phenomenom in the Galician Rías with more or less incidence depending on the year.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | MANEIRO, Juan , PAZOS, Yolanda , SALGADO, Covadonga | |
| Location: | Latitude: 42.181667, Longitude: -8.868333 | |
| General location information: |
Estuary of Muros in Ría de Muros-Noia, Outer, Galicia, NW Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-07 |
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| Additional location information: | 42º 46.65' - 42º 08.22' N; 08º 42.30' - 08º 58.80' W. The affected area is dedicates to intensive mussel cultivation in rafts and to a high production of other molluscs in natural banks: clams, cockles, oyster and scallops are the main species exploited. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2002-05-27 Start: 2002-05-20, End: 2002-07-02 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata
(4,440 cells/L)
42º 10.90' N - 08º 52.10' W (St. V5) on 27/05/02 |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Leptocylindrus danicus
(375840 cells/L)
42º 10.90' N; 08º 52.10' W (St. V5) on 27/05/02 Chaetoceros spp. (375,840 cells/L) Cylindrotheca closterium (10,440 cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 1.9 µg/L Chlª. µg/l | |
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| Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
0.40-1.7 mg/l
NITRATE: 0.48-1.48 mg/l NITRITE: 0.15-0.18 mg/l PHOSPHATE: 0.17-0.32 mg/l |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 17 °C, Min: 12 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 35, Min: 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Wind velocity: 27 Km/h. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional information: | The oficial detection method is by mouse bioassay: Yasumoto et al., Seafood toxins, 1984, 207-214. Some samples are analyzed by HPLC: Lee et al., Agric. Biol. Chem., 1987, 51, 877. | ||||||||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Not evaluated | ||||||||||||||||
| Management decision: | Harvesting was closed in culture areas affected. Wild mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) are used as bioindicator for infaunal molluscs, then when assay are positive for this species, infaunal molluscs are closed in that area. | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Closures due to the presence of toxicity in molluscs is usual in the area and resource exploitation strategies alow to face these closures without great problems. | ||||||||||||||||
