| Event name: | US-19-004 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration , Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: >80 μg per 100 g wet shellfish tissue) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (The Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes | |
| Individuals to contact: | Young, Craig | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
North shore (Northport Harbor, Steer\'s Canal), Peconic Estuary (Terry Creek, Meetinghouse Creek), NY HAB Area code(s): US-08 |
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| Additional location information: | The affected areas cover over 100 km of shoreline within multiple estuaries | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2019-05-02, End: 2019-05-28 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium fundyense
(756 cells/L)
For Northport Harbor and Steer's Canal |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | North: 19.8, Peconic: 6.5 µg/l | |
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: North: 27.8, Peconic: 28.8 °C, Min: North: 4.8, Peconic: 4.9 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: North: 25.7, Peconic: 27.5, Min: North: 15.2, Peconic: 1.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: |
Surface |
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| Growth: |
In situ |
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
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| Management decision: | PSP in shellfish >80 μg per 100 g wet shellfish tissue resulted in closures of over 500 acres to the harvest of carnivorous gastropods in Northport Harbor and Steers Canal 5/16/19, as well as 102 acres in Terry and Meetinghouse creek on 5/2/19 | ||||||
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