General Information

Event name: CO-15-007
Country: COLOMBIA
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: No
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: Mancera, Jose Ernesto , Julian Franco

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 11.202778, Longitude: -74.236667
General location information: Bahia Gaira, Caribe
HAB Area code(s): COL-02
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2015-11-09
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Cochlodinium sp. (3563526 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: INVEMAR 2015. CONCEPTO TÉCNICO SOBRE POSIBLE EVENTO DE FLORACIÓN DE MICROALGAS FRENTE A LA PLAYA DEL RODADERO. CPT-CAM-020-15. 16 p.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 30,10 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 35,50 Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 29,40 °C, Min: 30,20 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 35,70, Min: 35,40
Bloom location in the water column:
Subsurface
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
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Created at 10:30 on 18 Jul 2017
Updated at 10:10 on 25 Aug 2017
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