| Event name: | AR-00-006 | |
| Country: | ARGENTINA | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Birds | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (1980) | |
| Individuals to contact: | SCHWEIBOLD Laura | |
| Location: | Latitude: -43.348333, Longitude: -64.968333 | |
| General location information: |
Chubut, Golfo Nuevo HAB Area code(s): AR-17 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:2000-10-01 Start: 2000-10-01, End: 2000-12-30 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech 1985
(22.10^3 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Gayoso, A.M. & V.K. Fulco. (2006). Occurrence patterns of Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech populations in the Golfo Nuevo (Patagonia, Argentina), with observations on ventral pore occurrence in natural and cultured cells. Harmful Algae, 5: 233-241 | |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | a large number of dead penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) and other marine birds were found along the shore of Chubut | |||||||||||
