| Event name: | US-10-005 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , 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 (South Shore Estuary Reserve Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (recurring bloom from 1986 to 2002, 2007 to 2010) | |
| Individuals to contact: | DE BLASI, Philip | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Suffolk County, NY: South Shore Estary (Moriches Bay), South Shore of Long Island HAB Area code(s): US-08 |
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| Additional location information: | Western - Eastern Moriches Bay | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2010-05-01, End: 2010-06-30 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | May to June, October | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Aureococcus anophagefferens
(1,454,108 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 26 °C, Min: 12 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 30.4, Min: 23.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | From May to June 2010, DO ranged from 4.9 to 12.1 ml/L and Secchi depths ranged from 1.0 to 11.0 feet. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Economic losses: | Historically has caused loss of scallop fishery in other embayments (Peconic Estuary) and decimation of eelgrass beds. | ||||||
| Management decision: | Continue monitoring. | ||||||
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