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General Information

Event name: GB-05-003
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of the harmful event:
 Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
 Aquaculture Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome: OTHER
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: BRESNAN, Eileen

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 60.383333, Longitude: 1.133333
General location information: Vidlin Voe, Shetland Islands
HAB Area code(s): GB-21
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2005-04-18
Start: 2005-04-18, End: 2005-04-30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Phaeocystis spp. (10,000,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: High cell counts found in Braeged, Punds and Foraness Voes. Phaeocystis bloom extended further down the east coast ~ 6µgL chl a at Stonehaven.
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses: Reports of fish farm mortalities. No financial losses given.
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 05:32 on 14 Apr 2017
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