In contrast to the increasing aquaculture production of mussels worldwide, production in the
European Union (EU) has shown a decreasing trend over the last two decades. Aquaculture …

Abstract Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB) are natural atypical proliferations of micro or macro
algae in either marine or freshwater environments which have significant impacts on human …

Fisheries and aquaculture production, imports, exports and equitability of distribution
determine the supply of aquatic food to people. Aquatic food security is achieved when a …

Abstract The IOC-ICES-PICES Harmful Algal Event Database (HAEDAT) was used to
describe the diversity and spatiotemporal distribution of harmful algal events along the …

A single-laboratory validation study was conducted for the hydrophilic interaction-LC-MS/MS
analysis of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) in bivalve shellfish. The method was developed …

Tetrodotoxins (TTXs) are traditionally associated with the occurrence of tropical Pufferfish
Poisoning. In recent years, however, TTXs have been identified in European bivalve mollusc …

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are a group of toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning
through blockage of voltage-gated sodium channels. PSTs are produced by prokaryotic …

Alexandrium minutum is a globally distributed harmful algal bloom species with many strains
that are known to produce paralytic shellfish toxins (PST s) and consequently represent a …

Harmful algal blooms that can produce toxins are common in the Indian River Lagoon (IRL),
which covers~ 250 km of Florida's east coast. The current study assessed the dynamics of …

Harmful algae blooms have expanded greatly in recent decades, and their secreted toxins
pose a severe threat to human health and marine ecosystems. Saxitoxin (STX) is a main …