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General Information

Event name: PT-98-005
Country: PORTUGAL
Nature of the harmful event:
 Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 19 µg/g)
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 area was Algarve.)
Individuals to contact: SAMPAYO, Mª Antonia , VILARINHO, Mª da Graça

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information: Aveiro Lagoon,
HAB Area code(s): PT-02
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information: July-September.

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Dinophysis acuminata (417 cells/L)
May 13
Dinophysis acuminata (83 cells/L)
July 7
Dinophysis acuminata (750 cells/L)
August 17
Dinophysis acuminata (583 cells/L)
October 19
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: No Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: 19 °C, Min: 15 °C
Salinity Range During Event: Max: 37, Min: 24
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth: Advected
In situ
Growth Comments Probably
Additional Environmental information:

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Cerastoderma edule (May 19) Okadaic Acid OA eq 9 µg/g Bioassay-Mouse
Solen marginatus (July 8) Okadaic Acid OA eq 19 µg/g Bioassay-Mouse
Venerupis pullastra (August 25) Okadaic Acid OA eq 11 µg/g Bioassay-Mouse
Venerupis pullastra, October 13 Okadaic Acid OA eq 14 µg/g Bioassay-Mouse
Kit used: No Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision: Harvest of affected areas closed during toxication.
Additional harmful effect information: DSP toxins were determined both by the mouse bioassay and through HPLC
Checked at 05:33 on 22 Feb 2018
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