| Event name: | RU-02-002 | |
| Country: | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
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| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Plankton monitoring programme of the Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Detected sporadically from 1991) | |
| Individuals to contact: | ORLOVA, Tatiana Yu , SELINA, Marina S. , STONIK, Inna V. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Amurskii Bay (Peter the Great Bay), Primorskii Krai, Southeast Russia HAB Area code(s): RU-11 |
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| Additional location information: | The bloom area is heavely poluted with domestic sewage waters. The bloom zone has an area of several square meters. 43 15 3 šN; 131 90 2 šE. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2002-08-16 Start: 2002-08-01, End: 2002-08-16 |
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| Additional date-related information: | Before and after this date, species was found in the water in low concentrations. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Prorocentrum minimum
(11940000 cells/L)
Identified by electron microscopy SEM |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Monospecific bloom. Bloom was observed as red spots of about 10 -15 m in diameter | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Stonik, 1994 | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Additional Environmental information: | The bloom of water was observed after heavy rains | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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