| Event name: | AU-12-003 | |
| Country: | AUSTRALIA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | Hallegraeff Gustaaf | |
| Location: | Latitude: -33.766389, Longitude: 151.292778 | |
| General location information: |
Curl curl Lagoon, NSW HAB Area code(s): AU-14 |
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| Additional location information: | ||
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2012-09-17, End: 2012-09-26 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | Just the date of fish kills | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Amphidinium carterae Hulburt 1957
(180 000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | Murray et al., 2015. Harmful algae 49: 19-28 | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
| Additional information: | Luteophanol A (ichthyotoxin) | |||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Investigation of fish kill | |||||||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | 300 fish killed | |||||||||||
