| Event name: | ES-96-004 | |
| Country: | SPAIN | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | ||
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Previous two years on the same period.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | DELGADO, Maximino | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Alfacs Bay, Ebro Delta., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-21 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
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| Additional date-related information: | December 96 - March 97. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gyrodinium corsicum
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 17 °C, Min: 11 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 37, Min: 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Management decision: | Monitoring the dinoflagellate concentration before pumping of water to ponds. | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | This species was associated with fish mortalities in aquaculture ponds in 1994. But in 1996, also mortalities of wild fish have been reported. | ||||||
