| Event name: | US-14-005 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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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: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: Microcystin, up to 10ppb) | |
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| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Virginia Department of Health, HAB monitoring and lake survey) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | ||
| Individuals to contact: | EGERTON, Todd | |
| Location: | Latitude: 37.293333, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Bear Creek Lake State Park and Twin Lakes State Park, Central Virginia HAB Area code(s): US-10 |
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| Additional location information: | Algal surface scum patches throughout lake, including within swimming beaches of state park | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2014-07-21, End: 2014-08-06 | |
| Additional date-related information: | bloom said to be present several weeks before | |
| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Planktothrix spp.
(surface scums: >10 million cells/ml cells/L)
cyanobacteria. extremely dense surface scums. water column samples had ~10,000 cells/ml or less and ~1ppb or less microcystin |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Microcystis sp.
(<1000 cell/ml cells/L)
Anabaena sp. (1000-10,000 cells/ml cells/L) Planktolyngbya spp. (1000-10,000 cells/ml cells/L) |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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