| Event name: | SV-10-001 | |
| Country: | EL SALVADOR | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (National Monitoring Programme of the Marine Environment) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | AMAYA-MONTERROSA, Oscar , QUINTANILLA, Rebeca | |
| Location: | Latitude: 13.357222, Longitude: -89.747222 | |
| General location information: |
Los Cóbanos, Sonsonate HAB Area code(s): ELS-06 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2010-10-24 Start: 2010-10-24, End: 2010-10-31 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium ostenfeldii
(117882 cells/L)
Species was identifies as A.ostenfeldii/peruvianum, which in total accounted for 148,849 cell/L |
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: |
Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum
(1998 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Espinoza, Jaime, Oscar Amaya, and Rebeca Quintanilla. 2013. Atlas de Fitoplancton Marino. 1st Ed. San Salvador: Universidad de El Salvador. 52p. | |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | Approximately 12 sea turtles were found deade during the events, but toxicity was not measured | ||||||
