| Event name: | NZ-54-001 | |
| Country: | NEW ZEALAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
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| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | RHODES Lesley | |
| Location: | Latitude: -36.467778, Longitude: 175.066389 | |
| General location information: |
Hauraki Gulf, North Island HAB Area code(s): NZ-02 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1954-02-01, End: 1954-04-01 | |
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| Causative organism known: | No | |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | "The slime was of a greenish grey colour and of stringy. A portion of the slime [...] contained a very large number of diatoms of various genera and small flagellate protozoa." | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Hurley, D.E., 1982. The Nelson slime: observations on past occurrences. Oceanographic summary no. 20 (ISSN 0111-1302), New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 11 pp. | |
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| Economic losses: | "Fishermen have been troubled with a slime attaching itself to their nets." | ||||||
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