General Information

Event name: AR-11-001
Country: ARGENTINA
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: MENDEZ, Silvia

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: -36.533056, Longitude: -56.683056
General location information: from Santa Teresita to Mar Azul, Buenos Aires Province
HAB Area code(s): AR-02 AR-03 AR-04
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): First detection: 2011-02-24, End: 2011-05-18
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943 (69000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Sunensen I.,Lavigne A.S.,Goya A., Sar E.,2014Episodios de toxicidad en moluscos de aguas marinas costeras de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina) asociados a algas toxígenas (marzo de 2008-marzo de 2013).Bol.Soc.Argen.Bot.49(3):327-339

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
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Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Brachidontes rodriguezii Bioassay-Mouse
Mesodesma mactroides Bioassay-Mouse
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: shellfish closure
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 02:38 on 27 Sep 2017
Updated at 10:05 on 5 Dec 2019
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