Harmful Algal Information System: Event US-89-019

General Information

Event name:	US-89-019
Country:	UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:	Water Discoloration
Event directly affected:
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 (1972 Los Angeles County, 1974 Orange county.)
Individuals to contact:	ROSS, Maria R.

Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego C, California. HAB Area code(s): US-19
Additional location information:	Throughout the year isolated incidences of detectable high but below the alert paralytic toxin concentrations heve been reported.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:	January and October (Orange), July and October (Los Angeles), January (San Diego)

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Protogonyaulax catenella ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:

Nutrient information:

Temperature Range During Event:

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Growth:

Growth Comments

Have no data

Additional Environmental information:

No data available

Species containing the toxin

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Toxin details

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Assay type

Kit used: No

Type of kit used:

Additional information:

Economic losses:

Management decision:

Annual Mussel Quarantine in force May 1 -October 31 of each year.

Additional harmful effect information:

None