| Event name: | NZ-94-004 | |
| Country: | NEW ZEALAND | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Humans | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | ASP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (Marine Biotoxin Management Board) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | RHODES Lesley | |
| Location: | Latitude: -34.928056, Longitude: 173.442778 | |
| General location information: |
Doubtless Bay, North Island HAB Area code(s): NZ-01 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | Start: 1994-09-01, End: 1994-11-30 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Pseudo-nitzschia australis Frenguelli 1939
(100 000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Rhodes et al., 1996. Harmful and Toxic Algal Blooms: 155-158 | |
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| Economic losses: | Closures to scallop harvesting have occurred every November and December in Northland since then. | |||||||||||
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