Besides human health risks, phycotoxins may cause physiological injuries on molluscan
shellfish and, consequently, damages to marine ecosystems and global fisheries production …

Bivalves were long thought to be “symptomless carriers” of marine microalgal toxins to
human seafood consumers. In the past three decades, science has come to recognize that …

Abstract Public awareness about Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms (BHABs) and their negative
impacts has increased substantially over the past few decades. Even so, reports of BHABs …

On June 2016, a major bloom of Dinophysis acuminata complex was noticed over the coast
of Paraná State (PR), southern Brazil, an area unprotected by any official monitoring …

Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) is the intoxication syndrome derived from the
consumption of bivalves that have accumulated toxins produced by algae such as …

Prorocentrum lima is a widely distributed marine benthic dinoflagellate that produces
diarrhetic toxins, okadaic acid (OA) and its analogs, that may promote damage on bivalve …

Algal toxins are involved in the mortality and/or illness of marine organisms via consumption
of contaminated prey, or upon direct exposure to toxic cells. In this study, the presence of …

Benthic dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Prorocentrum are known to produce
diarrhetic toxins such as okadaic acid (OA) and its analogues, dinophysistoxins (DTXs), as …

Diarrhetic shellfish toxins produced by the dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis are a major
problem for the shellfish industry worldwide. Separate species of the genus have been …

Dinophysis spp. are a major source of diarrheic toxins to marine food webs, especially
during blooms. This study documented the occurrence, in late May 2016, of a massive toxic …