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General Information

Event name: US-16-033
Country: UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:
 High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
 Other Terrestrial
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: OTHER
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Maryland Phytoplankton Monitoring Program)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (Chincoteague Bay has annual blooms of Brown Tide.)
Individuals to contact: WAZNIAK, Cathy

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Chincoteague Bay, MD
HAB Area code(s): US-10
Additional location information: May 18, 2016, bloom appears to have been a month long
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2016-05-18, End: 2016-06-18
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Aureococcus anophagefferens (140,448,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: continuous monitoring showed concentrations were elevated (30-70 ug/L) through the end of June secchi readings were .2 meters or less in many areas. These counts are based on light microscopy, waiting on addiitonal data from 2016 Immunofluorescence flow cytometry analyses
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Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Kit used: No Type of kit used:
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Created at 06:41 on 23 Mar 2017
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