| Event name: | US-05-004 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Shellfish , Aquatic Mammals , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 20.63-82.44 MU/100 g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | NSP , Aerosolized toxins effects | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (State of Florida Redtide Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Occurred last year, but only in the Cedar Key area and only for a month) | |
| Individuals to contact: | HEIL, Cynthia A. , TRUBY, Earnest W. | |
| Location: | Latitude: 28.160000, Longitude: -82.845556 | |
| General location information: |
Northwest Florida, Gulf of Mexico HAB Area code(s): US-16 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2005-07-04, End: 2005-12-19 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Karenia brevis
(4,836,000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Karenia mikimotoi
(367,000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 1.01-101.99 µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Foley, A., Stacy, B. A., Schueller, P., Flewelling, L. J., Schroeder, B., Minch, K., Fauquier, D. A., Foote, J. J., Manire, C., Atwood, K. E., Granholm, A. A., Landsberg, J. H., 2019. Assessing Karenia brevis red tide as a mortality factor of sea turtles in Florida. Dis. Aquat. Org. 132, 109–124. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 32 °C, Min: 12 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 36, Min: 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
| Additional information: | fish, mammals, birds-results pending. | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Closed shellfish beds, no estimate of loss. | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | followed Biotoxin Control Plan-closed shellfish harvesting areas affected; opened when <20 MU. | |||||||||||
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