Event name: | US-12-018 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Natural Fish , Other Terrestrial , Shellfish | |
Toxicity detected: | No | |
Associated syndrome: | ||
Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FWC/FWRI HAB Monitoring Program) | |
Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
Individuals to contact: | SCOTT, Paula |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon System, HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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Additional location information: | Lagoon system: 38 miles n to s; 10 miles w to e | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2012-07-16 Start: 2012-07-16, End: 2012-10-03 |
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Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Aureoumbra lagunensis
(945,120,000 cells/L)
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Pedinomonas sp.
(188,320,000 cells/L)
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | http://myfwc.com/research/redtide/events/other/brown-tide/ | |
Event-related bibliography: | http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-28/news/os-indian-river-plague-confirmed-20120928_1_brown-tide-christopher-gobler-indian-river-lagoon http://www.sjrwmd.com/irlupdate/ http://plankt.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/10/1229.full http://aem.asm.org/content/78/6/2025.full http://chloroplast.ocean.washington.edu/organisms/aureoumbra |
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Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 32 °C, Min: 18.8 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 41.9, Min: 25.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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Economic losses: | still under evaluation; losses of benthic life and seagrass beds; decline of shellfish resource; fish kills | ||||||
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