General Information

Event name: FI-15-001
Country: FINLAND
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Natural Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: OTHER
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact: SUIKKANEN, Sanna

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Ersöströmmen, coastal western Gulf of Finland
HAB Area code(s): FI-05
Additional location information: Shallow bay
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2015-07-18
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: Fish kill 18.7., water sample 23.7.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Karlodinium veneficum (14000000 cells/L)
identification verified genetically
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: 59 µg/l
Additional bloom information: Identification was verified genetically.
Event-related bibliography: Kremp et al. (in prep.). In addition a press release https://www.syke.fi/en-US/Current/Press_releases/Last_summers_fish_kill_was_caused_by_a_t(38306)

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: NH4-N 3 µg/l
PHOSPHATE: PO4-P 1 µg/l
NITRATE + NITRITE: 5 µg/l
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information: Shallow bay, depth 1.8 m. Samples were taken from depth of 0.8 m.

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 08:38 on 10 Nov 2015
Updated at 01:00 on 29 Oct 2019
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