| Event name: | US-14-012 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | NSP , Aerosolized toxins effects | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | no documented human illnesses | |
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (FWC/FWRI HAB Monitoring Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (sporadic (i.e. not annually)) | |
| Individuals to contact: | HUBBARD, Katherine | |
| Location: | Latitude: 29.016667, Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
West Coast, Florida HAB Area code(s): US-16 |
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| Additional location information: | bloom spanned inshore/offshore waters but was spatially and temporally patchy. Fish kill in Cedar Key (Levy/Dixie counties), phyto in Sarasota, Charlotte, Lee, Collier counties. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2014-08-16, End: 2014-11-24 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2014-09-05, End: 2014-11-07 | |
| Additional date-related information: | 8/16/14-10/1/14, 10/30/14-11/24/14 | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Karenia brevis
(5547500 cells/L)
Dinophyceae. NSP producer |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Foley, A., Stacy, B. A., Schueller, P., Flewelling, L. J., Schroeder, B., Minch, K., Fauquier, D. A., Foote, J. J., Manire, C., Atwood, K. E., Granholm, A. A., Landsberg, J. H., 2019. Assessing Karenia brevis red tide as a mortality factor of sea turtles in Florida. Dis. Aquat. Org. 132, 109–124. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 31 °C, Min: 19.7 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 36.1, Min: 17.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: | Advected | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth Comments | bloom was patchy and originated offshore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | DO Range: 3.3-8.6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | Shellfish harvest is banned when K. brevis exceed 5,000 cells/L. Areas are reopened when K. brevis is <5,000 cells/L and shellfish are <20MU/100g. In this case, harvest was closed for cells concentrations but no toxicity was measured when shellfish were tested to re-open. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | shellfish harvest closure | ||||||||||||||||
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