| Event name: | ES-06-003 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Pla de Vigilancia de Fitoplancton Toxic i Nociu a la Costa Catalana) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | SAMPEDRO, Nagore , ARIN, Laura | |
| Location: | Latitude: 40.988333, Longitude: 0.919444 | |
| General location information: |
South Coast of Catalonia (Arenal beach, Pineda beach), NE Spain, Catalonia HAB Area code(s): ES-21 |
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| Additional location information: | Several aggregates of mucilage along 65 km shoreline | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2006/07/10, End: 2006/08/04 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gonyaulax fragilis (Schütt) Kofoid 1911
(2270000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha Lundholm et al. 2003
(23040000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Mucilage event associated to Gonyaulax fragilis in the NW Mediterranean Sea. Nagore Sampedro, Laura Arin, Sonia Quijano, Albert Reñé, Jordi Camp. Submitted to HAN | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 30.5 °C, Min: 28 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 38.2, Min: 37.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Its formation occurred after a long period of calm good weather conditions associated with a high atmospheric pressure system | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | Toxins analysed by HPLC | ||||||
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