Event name: | ES-98-010 | |
Country: | SPAIN | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
Event directly affected: |
||
Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 364 µg STXeq / 100 g.) | |
Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Every year since 1996, but in lower concentrations) | |
Individuals to contact: | VILA, Magda |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Barcelona Harbour., Catalonia, NE Spain. HAB Area code(s): ES-22 |
|
Additional location information: | ||
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Additional date-related information: | July-August. |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium catenella
(60,000,000 cells/L)
|
|
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | ||
Event-related bibliography: |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nutrient information: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 30 °C, Min: 22 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 38, Min: 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloom location in the water column: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth: |
In situ |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth Comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional Environmental information: |
|
||||||||||||
Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | |||||||||||
Additional information: | ||||||||||||
Economic losses: | ||||||||||||
Management decision: | Increase the surveillance in the harbour to intercept ilegal extraction of mussels | |||||||||||
Additional harmful effect information: |