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General Information

Event name: TN-91-001
Country: TUNISIA
Nature of the harmful event:
 Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
 Natural Fish
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
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: ISMAEL, Amany

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 33.600000, Longitude: 10.800000
General location information: Boughrara Sea, Tunisia, HANA
HAB Area code(s): TN-01
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:1991-10-01
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Karenia mikimotoi (8x105 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Turki S. and El Abed A. 2001. On the presence of potentially toxic algae in the lagoons of Tunisia. Harmful Algae News 22, August 2001: 10.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
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Created at 02:31 on 28 Sep 2018
Updated at 03:09 on 28 Sep 2018
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