| Event name: | NO-87-002 | |
| Country: | NORWAY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration | |
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Event directly affected: |
Aquaculture Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Ceratium furca is a very common species algong the Norwegian coast in late summer and through the autumn. Brownish water due to mass occurrence of this alga happened also in 1986.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | DAHL, Einar | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN COAST. HAB Area code(s): NO-06 NO-07 NO-08 NO-09 NO-10 NO-11 |
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| Additional location information: | A large scale phenomenon. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | The peak along the coast in August. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Ceratium furca
(3,000,000 cells/L)
recorded in brown patches. |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Growth Comments | Tthe alga was first numerous in the Skagerrak and was then transported along the cast with the Coastal Current, however, local growth along the coast may have maintained and even increased the algal population along the coast. The patches of brown water a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | No data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | The results from the algae monitoring programme were transmitted through MARINET, a computer based information system owned by the fish farmers central administration. | ||||||
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