Harmful Algal Information System: Event GB-06-010

General Information

Event name:	GB-06-010
Country:	UNITED KINGDOM
Nature of the harmful event:	Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:	Natural Fish
Toxicity detected:	No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:	No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:
Individuals to contact:	BRESNAN, Eileen , Davidson, Keith

Location & Date

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General location information:	Scottish coast, HAB Area code(s): GB-16 GB-19 GB-20 GB-22
Additional location information:	Mortalities common throughout regions highlighted
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Event Date:2006-07-13 Start: 2006-07-13, End: 2006-08-15
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Microalgae

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Karenia mikimotoi (3,600,000 cells/L) Sample collected in Orkney in Aug 2006
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Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
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Event-related bibliography:	Description of event in Davidson et al., (2009) Harmful Algae 8, 349�361

Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Benthic mortalities recorded in lugworms, cockles, mussels, urchins, starfish, flatfish, scallops. Also reports of conger eel and sea scorpion fish mortalities (see Davidson et al)

Created at 10:23 on 16 Apr 2018