| Event name: | NZ-82-002 | |
| Country: | NEW ZEALAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
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| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | RHODES Lesley | |
| Location: | Latitude: -36.990000, Longitude: 176.210000 | |
| General location information: |
Bay of Plenty, North Island HAB Area code(s): NZ-03 |
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| Additional location information: | The bloom covered some 8000 km2 and extended from Whangarei Heads in the north to the Bay of Plenty in the south. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1982-11-15, End: 1983-03-15 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Cerataulina pelagica (Cleve) Hendey 1937
(10000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Taylor, F. J., Taylor, N. J., & Walsby, J. R. (1985). A bloom of the planktonic diatom, Cerataulina pelagica, off the coast of northeastern New Zealand in 1983, and its contribution to an associated mortality of fish and benthic fauna. International Review of Hydrobiology, 70(6), 773-795. | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 18 °C, Min: 16 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Additional Environmental information: | Bloom has been related to unusually calm conditions associated with an unusually low Southern Oscillation Index. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Economic losses: | During the bloom deaths of benthic shellfish and of bony fish caught on long-lines were reported from the area of the blooni, and these affected the local fishing industry. | ||||||
| Management decision: | In any future blooin of this kind we recommend that the long-lines be left out for not longer than one hour, or be buoyed in such a way that the lines do not sink to the bottom but remain suspended above the anoxic debris cloud. | ||||||
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