Event name: | US-13-011 | |
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: | Yes (Aureoumbra lagunensis bloom occurred (for the first time) in this area in 2012. Pedinophyceae blooms in this region first reported 2011.) | |
Individuals to contact: | SCOTT, Paula |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Indian River Lagoon System: Volusia and Brevard counties, HAB Area code(s): US-15 |
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Additional location information: | Lagoon system: 70 miles n to s, 11 miles w to e | |
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2013-04-08, End: 2013-11-13 | |
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Additional date-related information: | no established quarantine levels |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Aureoumbra lagunensis
(489,280,000 cells/L)
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Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | http://myfwc.com/research/redtide/events/other/brown-tide/ | |
Event-related bibliography: | http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/first-florida-brown-tide-algal-bloom-in-indian-river-and-mosquito-lagoons-confirmed/ http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/habs/harmful-algae-from-brown-tides-in-texas-now-appearing-in-florida-waters/ http://floridaswater.com/irlupdate/ http://floridaswater.com/itsyourlagoon/ http://floridaswater.com/itsyourlagoon/whatwearedoing.html |
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Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 31.8 °C, Min: 21.1 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 42.4, Min: 22.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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Additional information: | no samples tested for toxins. | ||||||
Economic losses: | The Aureoumbra lagunensis bloom is affecting recovery, equating to $235-$479M/yr. that the seagrass remains absent; decline of shellfish resources, namely juvenile northern hard clams and eastern oysters | ||||||
Management decision: | NOAA Harmful Algal Event Response program has provided event response funding to researchers at Stony Brook Univ. to further investigate this bloom. | ||||||
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