| Event name: | CR-01-001 | |
| Country: | COSTA RICA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 10.000 up 20.000 MU) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | Spondylus calcifer (oyster) | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Research project of the University of Costa Rica) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Gulf of Nicoya) | |
| Individuals to contact: | VARGAS MONTERO MARIBELLE | |
| Location: | Latitude: 9.979167, Longitude: -84.860556 | |
| General location information: |
Puntarenas, Gulf of Nicoya HAB Area code(s): CR-10 |
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| Additional location information: | The bloom covered all Pacific Coast | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2001-09-01 Start: 2001-01-01, End: 2002-03-01 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2001-01-01, End: 2002-01-01 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pyrodinium bahamense
(10000-60000/L cells/L)
range |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium catenatum
( cells/L)
Trichodesmium erythraeum (Ehrenberg) Gomont 1892 ( cells/L) Ceratium furca ( cells/L) Ceratium fusus ( cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | During that time was a brownish bloom event of Trichodesmiun erytraeum | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Vargas M. & Freer E. 2002. Paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreaks in Costa Rica. 2004. Harmful Algae 2002. | |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | During january 2001 to march 2002, The Costa Rica government prohibits the extraction of bivalve molluscs for consumption and sale, which affected the economy | |||||||||||
