| Event name: | PT-19-031 | |
| Country: | PORTUGAL | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Water Discoloration , High Phyto concentration | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes | |
| Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | ||
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes (National System of Bivalve Molluscs Monitoring) | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (sometimes) | |
| Individuals to contact: | BRANCO, Maria Ana | |
| Location: | Latitude: 37.006667, Longitude: -7.995556 | |
| General location information: |
Faro litoral, South coast HAB Area code(s): PT-07 |
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| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | First detection: 2019-06-17, End: 2019-07-09 | |
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| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Lingulodinium polyedra
(662400 cells/L)
on 17 June |
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| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
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| Bloom location in the water column: |
Subsurface |
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| Management decision: | YTX closures were preventive and mostly affected the tourism in Algarve (S coast) as several beaches were closed due to a “potentially dangerous to public health | ||||||
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