| Event name: | CA-91-013 | |
| Country: | CANADA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (At this time of year: 1990, 1989, 1988 and presumably sporadically in previous years.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | FORBES, J. Roderick | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Upper Strait of Georgia., Pacific Region HAB Area code(s): CA-38 |
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| Additional location information: | East coast of the Strait of Georgia - Sunshine coast region and northern Strait of Georgia - Campbell River/Desolation Sound. Occurred initially on the east coast of the Strait of Georgia, and later to the north. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | Late May - mid June. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Chaetoceros convolutus
(200 cells/L)
C.convolutus and/or C.concavicornis with cell concentrations of 200 cells/L. Chaetoceros concavicornis ( cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Occurred within mixed diatom bloom. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Most likely in situ growth. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Secchi reading at Hoskin Channel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | None. | ||||||
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