Natural high proliferations of toxin-producing microorganisms in marine and freshwater
environments result in dreadful consequences at the socioeconomically and environmental …

Abstract Harmful Algae Blooms (HAB) have been documented for at least fifty years in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC), however, their impacts at social, ecological and …

This first comprehensive analysis of the global biogeography of marine protistan plankton
with acquired phototrophy shows these mixotrophic organisms to be ubiquitous and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Fish are frequently exposed to harmful algal blooms (HAB) and to related toxins. However,
the biological effects of okadaic acid (OA), the most abundant and frequent HAB-toxin in …

A bloom of D. acuminata complex was detected in early March 2008 in the shellfish farming
area of Baía Sul, southern Brazil. Cell density reached up to 4.7× 10 4 cells/L at the surface …