| Event name: | KR-00-001 | |
| Country: | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (NFRDI/Korea-HAB monitoring program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (This bloom has been initiated in this area in August since 1995.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | LEE, C.K. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 34.583056, Longitude: 127.833056 | |
| General location information: |
Yeosu, Cholla Province HAB Area code(s): KR-04 |
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| Additional location information: | ||
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2000-08-24 Start: 2000-08-22, End: 2000-09-20 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Cochlodinium polykrikoides
(15,000,000 cells/L)
Monospecific bloom |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Details in daily HABs newsletter issued by NFRDI and webgape (www.nfrdi.re.kr) | |
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| Nutrient information: |
PHOSPHATE:
0.1-0.3 µM/L
DIN: 5-20 µM/L |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 28 °C, Min: 23 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 34, Min: 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface Subsurface |
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| Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Extending to the Southeastern coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | Culturing finfishes such as rockfish, flounder and seabream were died by suffocation when they were exposed to the dense bloom | ||||||
| Economic losses: | direct loss: USD 260000 | ||||||
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