We provide a global assessment, with detailed multi-scale data, of the ecological and
toxicological effects generated by inorganic nitrogen pollution in aquatic ecosystems. Our …

Domoic acid (DA) is classified as a potent neurotoxin, an excitatory amino acid naturally
produced by several diatom species belonging to the genus Pseudo-nitzschia. The …

Over the last decade, our understanding of the environmental controls on Pseudo-nitzschia
blooms and domoic acid (DA) production has matured. Pseudo-nitzschia have been found …

Lelong A., Hégaret H., Soudant P. and Bates SS 2012. Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae)
species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms …

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 …

Ecological Stoichiometry theory predicts that the production, elemental structure and cellular
content of biomolecules should depend on the relative availability of resources and the …

Diatoms represent one of the most important groups within marine phytoplankton and are
characterized by having a siliceous cell wall (frustule). They contribute up to 45% of the total …

Pseudo‐nitzschia seriata (Cleve) H. Peragallo isolated from Scottish west coast waters was
studied in batch culture with phosphate (P) or silicate (Si) as the yield‐limiting nutrient at 15° …

Clonal cultures of plankton are widely used in laboratory experiments and have contributed
greatly to knowledge of microbial systems. However, many physiological characteristics vary …

In 1999, a 49,000 km2 area in western Scottish waters was closed to shellfish harvesting
due to the amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) toxin domoic acid (DA). The only previously …