General Information

Event name: TN-08-001
Country: TUNISIA
Nature of the harmful event:
Seafood toxins
Event directly affected:
Shellfish
Toxicity detected: Yes (Approximate range: 0.23 to 1.04 µg/l)
Associated syndrome: OTHER
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: 37.275556, Longitude: 9.880556
General location information: Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia, HANA
HAB Area code(s): TN-01
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Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2008-08-01
Start: 2008-08-01, End: 2008-12-31
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Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Nitzschia bizertensis B.Smida, N.Lundholm, A.S.Hlaili & H.H.Mabrouk, 2014 (5.8x104 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Bouchouicha-Smida etal. 2015. Detection of domoic acid in Mytilus galloprovincialis and Ostrea edulis linked to the presence of Nitzschia bizertensis in the Bizerte lagoon (SW Mediterranean)' Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, bind 165, s. 270-278.

Environmental Conditions

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Toxin Assay Information

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Additional information:
Economic losses: economic effect on shellfish industry
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Created at 02:42 on 28 Sep 2018
Updated at 03:08 on 28 Sep 2018
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