General Information

Event name: MX-06-001
Country: MEXICO
Nature of the harmful event:
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 25.89-37.74 ug STX eq./100 g)
Associated syndrome: PSP
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Institutional projects CIBNOR)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes
Individuals to contact: Rosalba Alonso Rodriguez , Jose Jesus Bustillos Guzman

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 24.449167, Longitude: -110.516389
General location information: Bahía de la Paz, Baja California Sur
HAB Area code(s): GC
Additional location information: six sampling stations
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: event and closure 2007-01-15 to 2007-03-27

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Gymnodinium catenatum Graham 1943 (2,390,000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information: Phytoplankton samples were filtered in GF/F
Event-related bibliography: Bustillos-Guzmán, J. J., Band-Schmidt, C. J., Durán-Riveroll, L. M., Hernández-Sandoval, F. E., López-Cortés, D. J., Núñez-Vázquez, E. J., Cembella, A., Krock, B. 2015. Paralytic toxin profile of the marine dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum Graham from the Mexican Pacific as revealed by LC-MS/MS. Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A. 32(3): 381-394.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: dry Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): 6.9 Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): 20.9 Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 0.9
NITRATE: 1.0
NITRITE: 0.24
PHOSPHATE: 0.8
SILICATE: 8.8
NITRATE + NITRITE: 1.24
DIN: 2.1
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth: Advected
Growth Comments GSe medium (Blackburn et al. 2001) with earthworm soil extract. 24-26 °C under 150 umol m-2s-2 illumination from cool white fluorescent lights on a 12:12 light:dark cycle in a controlled environment chamber.
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Megapitaria aurantiaca Saxitoxins STX eq 25.89 LC-FD
Pinna rugosa Saxitoxins STX eq 37.74 LC-FD
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Modiolus capax Saxitoxins STX eq 31.14 ugSTX eq./100 LC-FD
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information: HPLC-FLD Hummert et al. (1997),Yu et al. (1998)
Economic losses:
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information:
Created at 07:20 on 6 Feb 2018
Updated at 11:08 on 6 Dec 2021
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