| Event name: | BE-01-001 | |
| Country: | BELGIUM | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: > 160 µg.kg-1) | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Phytoplankton monitoring by Flanders Environmental Agency) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (small peak of 190 cells.l-1 in 2000) | |
| Individuals to contact: | De Rijcke, Maarten | |
| Location: | Latitude: 51.230556, Longitude: 2.951667 | |
| General location information: |
Spuikom, Ostend Harbor HAB Area code(s): BE-01 |
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| Additional location information: | Artificial, shallow lagoon with reduced tide. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2001-07-10 Start: 2001-06-12, End: 2001-07-30 |
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| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2001-07-10, End: 2001-07-30 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis acuminata Claparčde et Lachmann 1859
(23200 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Prorocentrum minimum
(22000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Van Wichelen, J.; De Bock, D.; Vyverman, W. (2008). Bepalen van het maximaal en het goed ecologisch potentieel, alsook de huidige toestand voor een aantal Vlaamse (gewestelijke) waterlichamen die vergelijkbaar zijn met de categorie meren: Deel II. Partim ‘Spuikom’: Rapport studieopdracht: VMM.AMO.KRW.ECOPOT-Meren - Projectperiode: 01/11/2007 - 1/12/2008. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 69 + bijlage pp., | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: | Whole column | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Economic losses: | Recall of shellfish, impact unknown | |||||||||||
| Management decision: | Shellfish closure | |||||||||||
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