| Event name: | VE-10-001 | |
| Country: | VENEZUELA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | Aerosolized toxins effects | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (0450 -ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY OF THE COASTAL MARINE ZONE ADJACENT TO THE CARENERO DISTRIBUTION PLANT) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (In 2004, the Ministry of the Environment took samples of an event that occurred in the area.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | Lorelys Valerio | |
| Location: | Latitude: 10.608889, Longitude: -66.172222 | |
| General location information: |
Chirimena, Estado Miranda y Vargas HAB Area code(s): VE-03 |
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| Additional location information: | This area has an average annual temperature of 26 ° C and an average rainfall of 99 mm. Chirimena beach It has a river mouth. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2010-08-29 Start: 2010-08-29, End: 2010-08-30 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Eutreptiella gymnastica Throndsen 1969
(4.670 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Ostreopsis sp.
(3.596 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | Other species identified: Scrippsiella trochoidea with 1,588 cells / l, two species of the genus Navicula with 1,494 and 1,168 cells / l, Diploneis with 1,168 cells / l and a Thalassionema species with 981 cells / l. | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Environmental analysis of samples collected on the beach of the town of Chirimena during the intoxication event that occurred on August 29, 2010 | |
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| Nutrient information: |
AMONIUM:
0,02 µg/l
NITRATE: 2,2 µg/L NITRITE: 0,004 µg/l PHOSPHATE: 0,08 µg/l. |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 32 °C, Min: 30 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 40, Min: 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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