Harmful Algal Information System: Event ES-15-005

General Information

Event name:	ES-15-005
Country:	SPAIN
Nature of the harmful event:	Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected:	Yes
Associated syndrome:	DSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:	Yes (Detected anually from 1995; generally with two events a year: at mid-spring and autumn.)
Individuals to contact:	PAZOS, Yolanda , SALGADO, Covadonga , CALVO, Silvia

Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Baiona, part of the Ría de Vigo, Ría de Pontevedra, part of the Ría de Arousa, Ría de Muros-Noia, Galicia, NW Spain HAB Area code(s): ES-07 ES-08
Additional location information:	This area is dedicated to intensive mussel cultures in rafts and production of other molluscs in natural banks
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 2015-09-21, End: 2015-12-31
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Additional date-related information:	Initial and final dates are relative

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Dinophysis acuminata (4000 cells/L) St: V7 (Ría de Vigo) Date: 22-09-2015 Dinophysis acuta (2280 cells/L) St: P4 (Ría de Pontevedra) Date: 22-09-2015 Dinophysis caudata (320 cells/L) St: P8 (Ría de Pontevedra) Date: 09-11-2015
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Additional Environmental information:

Species containing the toxin	Toxin type	Toxin details	Max. concentration	Assay type
Raft cultured mussel and benthic shellfish	Okadaic Acid			LC-MS

Kit used: No

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Created at 07:17 on 14 Jun 2017