| Event name: | US-89-013 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 1,800 µg STXeq / 100 g meat.) | |
| 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 (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, and early 1989.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | ROSS, Maria R. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
Marin County, California HAB Area code(s): US-21 |
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| Additional location information: | Areas affected fot the second time: Drakes Bay Chimney Rock, Drakes Estero Area (#7, #8, #12, #20, #38), Limantour Beach, Tomales Bay (Tomales Point, Lawson's Landing, lease M430-11), Rodeo Beach (high and low rock) | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
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| Additional date-related information: | August, September, early October, December | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Protogonyaulax catenella
( cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: °C, Min: °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth Comments | Both advected and in situ growth appeared to have contributed to bloom conditions. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | No data available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Management decision: | Department of Health Services issued an immediate public PSP alert via the news media warnign aboutthe developing bloom. Since the annual mussel quarantine was still in effect the importance of complying with it was stressed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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