Tracking a large‐scale and highly toxic Arctic algal bloom: Rapid detection and risk communication

E Fachon, RS Pickart, G Sheffield… - Limnology and …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, blooms of the neurotoxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella have been
documented in Pacific Arctic waters, and the paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) that this …

Assessing the global distribution and risk of harmful microalgae: A focus on three toxic Alexandrium dinoflagellates

W Hu, S Su, HF Mohamed, J Xiao, J Kang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Harmful dinoflagellates and their resulting blooms pose a threat to marine life and human
health. However, to date, global maps of marine life often overlook harmful microorganisms …

Does climate change increase the risk of marine toxins? Insights from changing seawater conditions

R Meng, X Du, K Ge, C Wu, Z Zhang, X Liang… - Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Marine toxins produced by marine organisms threaten human health and impose a heavy
public health burden on coastal countries. Lately, there has been an emergence of marine …

Metabolomics Approach to Reveal the Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Toxicity of Harmful Microalgae: A Review of the Literature

TKV Tsui, HK Kong - AppliedChem, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change has been associated with intensified harmful algal blooms (HABs). Some
harmful microalgae produce toxins that accumulate in food webs, adversely affecting the …

Temperature dependent sensitivity of the harpacticoid copepod Nitokra spinipes to marine algal toxins

W Liu, I Semmouri, CR Janssen, J Asselman - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms (HABs)–proliferated algae densities, often producing toxins–have
increasingly been found in ocean and coastal areas. Recent studies show that rising …

Multi-stressor dynamics: Effects of marine heatwave stress and harmful algal blooms on juvenile mussel (Perna canaliculus) survival and physiology

H Greenhough, J Vignier, KF Smith, CM Brown… - Science of The Total …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract In New Zealand, the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) and
blooms of the harmful algal species, Alexandrium pacificum, are increasing in areas where …

[HTML][HTML] Ensemble models improve near-term forecasts of harmful algal bloom and biotoxin risk

TM Szewczyk, D Aleynik, K Davidson - Harmful Algae, 2025 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems, aquaculture industries,
and human health. To mitigate these risks, agencies around the globe perform regular …

Differential spatial–temporal dynamics of Alexandrium species revealed using metabarcoding analysis by the 18S rDNA V4 region in Jiaozhou Bay, China

X Ding, S Liu, Z Cui, Y Zhao, N Chen - Journal of applied phycology, 2023 - Springer
The dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium hosts many toxigenic species with remarkable
negative influence on ecosystems and human health by developing harmful algal blooms …

Diversity and distribution of species of the planktonic dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Dinophyta) from the tropical and subtropical Mexican Pacific Ocean

DU Hernández-Becerril, JG Pichardo-Velarde… - Botanica …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Species of the dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium are marine and planktonic forms, widely
distributed, and some are recognized to form harmful algal blooms and to produce …

Polyphyletic origin of saxitoxin biosynthesis genes in the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium revealed by comparative transcriptomics

QTN Bui, HS Kim, JS Ki - Harmful Algae, 2024 - Elsevier
The marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium is known to form harmful algal blooms, and at least
14 species within the genus can produce saxitoxins (STXs). STX biosynthesis genes (sxt) …