| Event name: | CL-99-002 | |
| Country: | CHILE | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities | |
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Event directly affected: |
Natural Fish , Aquaculture Fish , Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | No | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | SCHWEIBOLD Laura | |
| Location: | Latitude: -42.500000, Longitude: -73.916667 | |
| General location information: |
Chiloe Island, Los Lagos HAB Area code(s): CL-02 |
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| Additional location information: | Happened all around Chiloe Island | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): |
Event Date:1999-03-15 Start: 1999-03-15, End: 1999-04-15 |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Gymnodinium sp.
(4 000 000 cells/L)
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Event-related bibliography: | Uribe, Juan Carlos; Ruiz, Milena Gymnodinium Brown Tide in the Magellanic Fjords, Southern Chile. Revista de Biología Marina y Oceanografía, vol. 36, núm. 2, diciembre, 2001, pp. 155-164 | |
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| Additional harmful effect information: | death of more than 750,000 farmed salmonids, equivalent to 1,155 tons, in various centers of that archipelago. Others species, such as abalone and native fauna were also affected | ||||||
