Harmful Algal Information System: Event CO-94-001

General Information

Event name:	CO-94-001
Country:	COLOMBIA
Nature of the harmful event:	Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:	Natural Fish
Toxicity detected:	No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (There is a previous report Bula-Meyer, 1985)
Individuals to contact:	Mancera, Jose Ernesto

Location:	Latitude: 10.833333, Longitude:
General location information:	Magdalena Department, Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta HAB Area code(s): COL-02
Additional location information:	Estuarine Coastal lagoon system
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Event Date:1994-07-15 Start: 1994-07-15, End: 1994-07-19
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Causative organism known:	Yes
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	59.6 µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:	Mancera Pineda, J.E. y L.A. Vidal. 1994. Florecimiento de microalgas relacionado con mortandad masiva de peces en el complejo lagunar Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Caribe colombiano. Revista De Investigaciones Marinas..23:103 – 117.

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We did not detected any bird or terrestrial organisms affected. Total fish kill was around 20 tons. Around 9 fish spp affected.

Created at 06:00 on 28 Oct 2015