General Information

Event name: CL-06-003
Country: CHILE
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins , Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:
Aquaculture Fish , Humans
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 & Date

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Location: Latitude: -43.951389, Longitude: -73.826944
General location information: Guaitecas Archipelago, Aysen
HAB Area code(s): CL-10
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Event Date:2006-01-08
Start: 2006-01-01, End: 2006-01-30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: No
Causative Species/Genus: Alexandrium catenella (961000 cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography: Fuentes et al., 2008. Proceeds. 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae.

Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): Wind direction:
Stratified water: Oxygen content (nL/L): Wind velocity:
Temperature (°C): Oxygen saturation %: Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: Current Velocity:
Nutrient information:
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column:
Growth:
Growth Comments
Additional Environmental information: At all sites with positive presence of the dinoflagellate the sea temperature was higher than 12.0 ºC

Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses: serious salmon kill
Management decision:
Additional harmful effect information: damage to the fish gill and caused a serious salmon kill at the site
Created at 03:45 on 22 Nov 2019
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