| Event name: | US-16-034 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Planktonic life , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 0.1 - 128.6 µg/g) | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Maine Department of Marine Resources Bureau of Public Health Marine Biotoxin Program) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Low levels of Demoic Acid had been detected in the past, though toxicicity of this scale had never before recorded.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | KANWIT, Kohl | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Gulf of Maine, ME HAB Area code(s): US-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Shellfish toxicity was measured throughout ICES region 1, from Penobscot Bay to the US/Canada border. Utilizing stored Mytilus homogenates, toxcicity was found from 9/4/16 to 10/23/16. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 2016-09-04, End: 2016-10-31 | |
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2016-10-28, End: 2016-10-31 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia spp.
(205875 cells/L)
Jonesport, ME |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 20 °C, Min: 9 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 37, Min: 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Max/min temperatures and salinities are from the date range 9/5/16-10/24/16. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional information: | High Performance Liquid Chromatography with ultraviolet absorption was used to measure shellfish toxicity | |||||||||||
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