Harmful algal blooms (HAB) are recurrent phenomena in northern Europe along the coasts
of the Baltic Sea, Kattegat-Skagerrak, eastern North Sea, Norwegian Sea and the Barents …

The last few years have brought about many changes in the field of marine and freshwater
toxins, with advances in analytical technology and the realization that these toxins are a …

Yessotoxin (YTX) is a marine polyether toxin that was first isolated in 1986 from the scallop
Patinopecten yessoensis. Subsequently, it was reported that YTX is produced by the …

Yessotoxin (YTX) contamination of Greenshell™ mussels (Perna canaliculus) in the
Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, occurred in May 2004 with no known YTX-producing …

Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) is a reliable method for augmenting
drinking water supplies. In recent years, the number and size of these water projects have …

Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) is a specific type of food poisoning, characterized by
severe gastrointestinal illness due to the ingestion of filter feeding bivalves contaminated …

LC-MS/MS Analysis of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP) Toxins, Okadaic Acid and
Dinophysistoxin Analogues, and Other Lipophi Page 1 ANALYTICAL SCIENCES JUNE 2011 …

The Protoceratium reticulatum cell density at Flødevigen reached a maximum of 2200cells/L
on 16 May 2001. The levels of yessotoxins (YTXs) in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) at the …

A solid-phase extract from Protoceratium reticulatum was partitioned between water and
butanol and the two fractions purified on an alumina column. Fractionation was monitored by …

The objective of this critical review was to provide a comprehensive summary of paralytic
shellfish toxins (PSTs) producing species and knowledge gaps in detecting PSTs in drinking …