| Event name: | US-93-003 | |
| Country: | UNITED STATES | |
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Nature of the harmful event: |
Seafood toxins | |
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Event directly affected: |
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| Toxicity detected: | Yes (Approximate range: 100-400 µg/100 g shellfish.) | |
| Associated syndrome: | PSP | |
| Unexplained toxicity: | No | |
| Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector): | ||
| Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: | Yes | |
| Event occurred before in this location: | Yes (Anual event in most years since Sept. 1972, usually in May/June, but may also occur later in summer and early autumn. Outbreaks on the 'South Shore' are more sporadic than the 'North Shore'. For instance, in 1991 and 1992 there was no occurrence of shellfish toxicity on the 'South Shore', while in 1993, there was a rather large protracted bloom probably due to increased spring runoff compard to the previous two years.) | |
| Individuals to contact: | ANDERSON, Donald M. | |
| Location: | Latitude: , Longitude: | |
| General location information: |
, Massachusetts. HAB Area code(s): US-03 |
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| Additional location information: | 'North Shore' of Massachusetts- Cape Ann to the northern MA border. 'South Shore' of Massachusetts - communities directly south of Boston Cape Cod salt ponds. | |
| Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd): | ||
| Additional date-related information: | mid-May through early July. | |
| Causative organism known: | Yes | |
| Causative Species/Genus: |
Alexandrium fundyense
(100 - 1,00 cells/L)
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| Co-Ocurring Species/Genus: | ||
| Chlorophyll concentration, if known: | µg/l | |
| Additional bloom information: | ||
| Event-related bibliography: | ||
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| Temperature Range During Event: | Max: 10 °C, Min: 8 °C | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity Range During Event: | Max: 30, Min: 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloom location in the water column: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth: |
Advected
In situ |
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| Growth Comments | Dource-most likely southern Maine coastal waters; cells were presumably advected southward and alongshore into Massachusetts coastal water via a buoyant coastal plume or surface current formed from spring run-off. In situ growth may have occurred during t | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Additional Environmental information: | Stratification mostly due to spring run off, not local heating. Nutrients: Data not yet available. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kit used: No | Type of kit used: | ||||||
| Additional information: | - Shellfish toxicity on both North and South Shores (100-400 µg/100 g shellfish) - Mytilus edulis, Mya arenaria, and others. - Longer shellfish toxicity event than usual near the South Shore (see additional comments). | ||||||
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| Management decision: | - Closure of shellfish beds (> 80 µg toxin/100 g shellfish) May. - Reopened shellfish beds when toxins in shellfish were not detectable for 3 consecutive weeks detection limit (40 µg toxin /100 g shellfish) - June and July | ||||||
| Additional harmful effect information: | - Shellfish toxicity barely detectable in several Cape Cod salt ponds; ponds already closed due to high coliform. | ||||||
