| Event name: | ITA-01-001 | |
| Country: | ITALY | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | No | |
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| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | ||
| Individuals to contact: | ZINGONE, Adriana , GIACOBBE, Maria Grazia | |
| Location: | Latitude: 37.048611, Longitude: 15.299722 | |
| General location information: |
Siracusa Bay, West Ionian Sea HAB Area code(s): ITA-008 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2001-03-01 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium minutum Halim 1960
(46000000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | It was a plurispecific bloom near a mussel farm | |
| Event-related bibliography: | Giacobbe, M. G., Maso, M., Milandri, A., Penna, A. & Poletti, R. 2006. Plankton toxicity and shellfish contamination by phycotoxins in new Mediterranean locality. In: Henshilwood, K., Deegan, B., McMahon, T., Cusack, C., Keaveney, S., Silke, J., O'Cinneide, M., Lyons, D. & Hess, P. [Eds.] Molluscan shellfish safety. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Molluscan Shellfish Safety, Galway, Ireland, pp. 206-14. | |
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| Additional information: | Toxin analysis were performed with net haul samples and extracted by HPLC. Toxins were analysed on 30 April 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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