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General Information

Event name: FR-09-002
Country: FRANCE
Nature of the harmful event:
 High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (REPHY + SRN)
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: Coastal Lab Boulogne sur mer

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: FR-01 -,
HAB Area code(s): FR-01
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2009-03-23, End: 2009-06-28
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Asterionellopsis glacialis (Castracane) Round (in Round et al., 1990) (3580000 cells/L)
Phaeocystis sp. (29006000 cells/L)
Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (3361000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 99.4 µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): 120 Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 2.0
PHOSPHATE: 0.8
SILICATE: 20.7
NITRATE + NITRITE: 0.5
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 14.7 °C, Min: 6.7 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 35.2, Min: 26.8
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
IOC/UNESCO ISSHA
IOC/UNESCO ICES PICES