General Information

Event name: PL-91-001
Country: POLAND
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
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 (1987, 1990.)
Individuals to contact: MACKIEWICZ, Tomasz

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Gulf of Gdansk., Southern Baltic.
HAB Area code(s): PL-01
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:1991-04-30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: End of April.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Peridiniella catenata (1,950,000 cells/L)
April 30
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: Peridiniella catenata=Gonyaulax catenata.
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 8 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 6.63 Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth: Advected
In situ
Growth Comments Probably both.
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information: Brown water.
Checked at 10:24 on 29 Apr 2014
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