Event name: | US-98-045 | |
Country: | UNITED STATES | |
Nature of the harmful event: |
Mass mortalities | |
Event directly affected: |
Shellfish | |
Toxicity detected: | No | |
Associated syndrome: | OTHER | |
Unexplained toxicity: | ||
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | No | |
Event occurred before in this location: | ||
Individuals to contact: | LANDSBERG, Jan |
Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
General location information: |
Maquoit Bay, Maine, Casco Bay HAB Area code(s): US-03 |
|
Additional location information: | ||
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
Additional date-related information: |
Causative organism known: | Yes | |
Causative Species/Genus: |
Gyrodinium aureolum
( cells/L)
|
|
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
Additional bloom information: | ||
Event-related bibliography: | Shumway, S.E., 1990. A review of the effects of algal blooms on shellfish and aquaculture. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 21, 65–104. Heinig, C., Campbell, D., 1992. The environmental context of a Gyrodinium aureolum bloom and shellfish kill in Maquoit Bay, Maine, September 1988. J. Shellfish Res. 11, 111–122. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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: |
|
|||||||
Kit used: | Type of kit used: | ||||||
Additional information: | |||||||
Economic losses: | |||||||
Management decision: | |||||||
Additional harmful effect information: |