| Event name: | SV-12-002 | |
| Country: | EL SALVADOR | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Mass mortalities , Foam/Mucilage in the coast | |
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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: | Yes (National Monitoring Programme of the Marine Environment) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | No | |
| Individuals to contact: | ALVARADO-CALLEJAS, Yaneth , AMAYA-MONTERROSA, Oscar , QUINTANILLA, Rebeca | |
| Location: | Latitude: 13.166667, Longitude: -87.900000 | |
| General location information: |
From La Perla to Puerto de La Libertad, La Libertad HAB Area code(s): ELS-05 |
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| Additional location information: | The bloom covered 3 km wide and 13 km long. By April, the bloom reached Los Cóbanos (west coast of El Salvador) and extended to the coast of Guatemala. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2012-03-23 Start: 2012-03-23, End: 2012-05-17 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Cochlodinium polykrikoides
(215000000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Espinoza, J., Amaya, O., Reguera, B., Alvarado, Y., Ruiz, G. and D. Escobar. 2013. A Cochlodinium polykrikoides Bloom in El Salvador. Harmful Algae News, IOC Newsletter on toxic algae and algal blooms, 47:13. 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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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 28.7 °C, Min: 26.8 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 34.7, Min: 35.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface Subsurface |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | This event coincided with Easter, when many tourists visited the area, and caused great social alarm. The bloom caused mortality of benthic fish populations, a putrid smell from decaying organic matter, and severe headache to visitors and local residents. | ||||||
