| Event name: | US-10-001 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Natural Fish , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 40.41 - 421.31 micrograms STX/100 grams sfish) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Pyrodinium bahamense | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Biotoxin Contingency Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (annually since 2002) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SCOTT, Paula | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon System, East Coast Florida HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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| Additional location information: | location range: 28.8655 N - 28.35636 N; 80.8325 W - 80.62861 W. 58 miles north to south; 11 miles west to east; lagoon system | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2010-05-11 Start: 2010-05-03, End: 2010-10-26 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2010-05-11, | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pyrodinium bahamense
(596,000 cells/L)
saxitoxin producer |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Chaetoceros spp.
(>1,000,000 cells/L)
Skeletonema spp. (>1,000,000 cells/L) Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (5,189,300 cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | not measured µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Abbott, G.M., J.H. Landsberg, A.R. Reich, K.A. Steidinger, S. Ketchen, C. Blackmore. 2009. Resource guide for public health response to harmful algal blooms in Florida. Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Technical Report TR-14, viii + 132 pp. Etheridge, S., J. Deeds, S. Hall, K. White, J. Abbott, J. Landsberg, S. Conrad, D. Bodager, G. Jackow. 2006. Detection methods and their limitations: PSP toxins in the southern puffer fish Sphoeroides nephelus responsible for human poisoning events in Florida in 2004. African Journal of Marine Science 28(2): 383-387. Deeds, J.R., J.H. Landsberg, S.M. Etheridge, G.C. Pitcher, S.W. Longan. 2008. Non-traditional vectors for Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning. Marine Drugs 6: 308-348. Deeds, J.r., K.D. White, S.M. Etheridge, J.H. Landsberg. 2008. Concentrations of saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin in three species of puffers from the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, the location for multiple cases of saxitoxin puffer poisoning from 2002 to 2004. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137: 1317-1326. Landsberg, J.H., S. Hall, J.N. Johannessen, K.D. White, S.M. Conrad, J.P. Abbott, L.J. Flewelling, R.W. Richardson, R.W. Dickey, E.L.E. Jester, S.M. Etheridge, J.R. Deeds, F.M. Van Dolah, T.A. Leighfield, Y. Zou, C.G. Beaudry, R.A. Benner. 2006. Saxitoxin puffer fish poisoning in the United States, with the first report of Pyrodinium bahamanse as the putative toxin source. Environmental Health Perspectives 114(10): 1502-1507. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 34.2 °C, Min: 19.1 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 32, Min: 19.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Kit used: Yes | Type of kit used: Jellett Rapid Test for PSP | |||||||||||
| Additional information: | Positive mouse bioassays. Shellfish also tested by HPLC above the regulatory limit with the highest at 262.096 micrograms STX eq./100 grams | |||||||||||
| Economic losses: | Closure of 2 shellfish harvesting zones for 5.5 months. Economic loss of closures not calculated at this point. | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | Shellfish harvesting closures when tested above the regulatory limit. Areas remain closed until two consecutive mouse bioassays, collected at least 7 days apart return with results below 80 micrograms STX/100 grams shellfish. | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | Harvesting of pufferfish banned in this area since 2002 (Florida Department of Health) | |||||||||||
