Harmful Algal Information System: Event US-15-008

General Information

Event name:	US-15-008
Country:	UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:	Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration
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 (FWC/FWRI HAB Monitoring Program and Saint John's River Water Management District)
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (2012-13)
Individuals to contact:	HUBBARD, Katherine

Location:	Latitude: 28.000000, Longitude:
General location information:	Indian River Lagoon, East Coast of Florida HAB Area code(s): US-15
Additional location information:	Time series monitoring indicates that A. lagunensis commonly occurs in IRL phytoplankton assemblages. Increased abundance observed at the end of 2015 and by March 2016, this organism dominates bloom extending through much of the northern and central IRL
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Additional date-related information:	09/15-12/31/15 (extends into 2016)

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Aureoumbra lagunensis (>100000000 cells/L) mixed assemblage observed in some samples dominated by A. lagunensis. pelagophyceae
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Surface

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Created at 07:00 on 3 Feb 2017