Event name: | KR-03-001 | |
Country: | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish | |
Toxicity detected: | No | |
Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
Unexplained toxicity: | ||
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: | Kang, Y.S. |
Location: | Latitude: 34.583056, Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Jeonnam province, Yeosu HAB Area code(s): KR-04 |
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Additional location information: | patch with 10-100km length and 500m width | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2003-08-24 Start: 2003-08-02, End: 2003-09-27 |
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Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Additional date-related information: |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Cochlodinium polykrikoides
(48000000 cells/L)
monospecific bloom |
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | 15 µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | ||
Event-related bibliography: | Details in daily HABs newsletter issued by NFRDI and webpage (http//www.nfrdi.re.kr) |
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Nutrient information: |
PHOSPHATE:
0.1-0.3uM
DIN: 5-20uM |
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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 and eastern coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Environmental information: |
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Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
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 21,500,000 | ||||||
Management decision: | |||||||
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