Harmful Algal Information System: Event US-08-024

General Information

Event name:	US-08-024
Country:	UNITED STATES
Nature of the harmful event:	Mass mortalities
Event directly affected:	Aquatic Mammals
Toxicity detected:	No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity:
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme:	No
Event occurred before in this location:	No
Individuals to contact:	LANDSBERG, Jan

Location:	Latitude: , Longitude:
General location information:	Texas coastal waters, Gulf of Mexico HAB Area code(s): US-18
Additional location information:
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd):	Start: 2008-02-01, End: 2008-04-30
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Causative organism known:	Yes
Causative Species/Genus:	Dinophysis ovum SchÃ¼tt, 1895 ( cells/L)
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:	Pseudo-nitzschia pungens ( cells/L) Karenia brevis ( cells/L)
Chlorophyll concentration, if known:	µg/l
Additional bloom information:
Event-related bibliography:	Fire, S. E., Wang, Z. H., Byrd, M., Whitehead, H. R., Paternoster, J., Morton, S. L., 2011. Co-occurrence of multiple classes of harmful algal toxins in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranding during an unusual mortality event in Texas, USA. Harmful Algae 10, 330–336.