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Event name:
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ES-10-002
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Country:
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SPAIN
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Nature of the harmful event:
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High Phyto concentration
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Event directly affected:
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Humans
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Toxicity detected:
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Yes
(Approximate range: Palytoxin analogues (under study))
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Associated syndrome:
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OTHER
,
Aerosolized toxins effects
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Unexplained toxicity:
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Yes
(Palytoxin was detected in plankton and benthic samples, but was not detected in the aerosol)
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Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
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Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:
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Yes
(EBITOX Project and Catalan Monitoring Programme)
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Event occurred before in this location:
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Yes
(Since, at least year 2003)
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Individuals to contact:
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VILA, Magda
,
SAMPEDRO, Nagore
,
RIOBO, Pilar
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Causative organism known:
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Yes
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Causative Species/Genus:
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Ostreopsis ovata
(9920621 cells/L)
Is a mix of O. cf ovata and O. cf siamensis
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
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Prorocentrum lima
(1280 cells/L)
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:
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µg/l
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Additional bloom information:
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Other species: Coolia monotis, Prorocentrum rhathymum, Amphydinium sp., filamentous cianobacteria, and benthic diatoms
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Event-related bibliography:
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Vila M, Masó M, Sampedro N, Illoul H, Arin L, Garcés E, Giacobbe MG, Alvarez J and J. Camp (2008). The genus Ostreopsis in recreational waters of the Catalan Coast and Balearic Islands (NW Mediterranean Sea): is this the origin of human respiratory difficulties? Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Comission of UNESCO, Copenhagen, pp. 334-336.
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