| Event name: | PT-96-015 | |
| Country: | PORTUGAL | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: Positive to DSP.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | DSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Since 1987, the first year of confirmed occurrence, the problem has occurred every year, with a break in 1993. This year the most affected areas were Minho estuary, Aveiro Lagoon , Mondego estuary, Obidos Lagoon and Sagres.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SAMPAYO, Mª Antonia , VILARINHO, Mª da Graça | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Sagres., HAB Area code(s): PT-06 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1996-12-06, End: 1996-12-31 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Dinophysis sp.
( cells/L)
Dinophysis cf. Acuminata |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 19 °C, Min: 16 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 36, Min: 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Most probably a combination of both. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional information: | Mostly mussels ( Mytilus edulis ) from these regions presented DSP toxins, in the case of the mussels from Sagres we could not find DSP toxins by HPLC analysis, but the mice died during the first 24 hours after injection, so the harvest was closed in the region. DSP toxins were determined both by the mouse bioassay and through HPLC. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Harvest of affected species closed during toxication. | ||||||||||||||||
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