| Event name: | US-17-021 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Birds , Aquatic Mammals | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | Yes (Possible botulism caused by Low oxygen in the lagoon area) | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | Schuster, Robert | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Beach Haven West, NJ HAB Area code(s): US-09 |
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| Additional location information: | One lagoon area in the lagoon community, other lagoons clear | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | August 4,2017 | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Chattonella spp.
(400000000 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Additional Environmental information: | Dead end lagoon poor flushing, warm and shallow water | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: Yes | Type of kit used: Abraxis | ||||||
| Additional information: | NJ Fish and wildlife suspected botulism due to shallow warm water with low oxygen, their pathology results were inconclusive, so we tested the GI tract and livers of 2 birds for brevetoxin, results were negative. | ||||||
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| Management decision: | Tested for toxin and collected additional water samples to monitor the nearest shellfish waters, bloom turned out to be isolated to a small lagoon area. | ||||||
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