Current trends and new challenges in marine phycotoxins

MC Louzao, N Vilariño, C Vale, C Costas, A Cao… - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Marine phycotoxins are a multiplicity of bioactive compounds which are produced by
microalgae and bioaccumulate in the marine food web. Phycotoxins affect the ecosystem …

Toxicological risks on the human health of populations living around the Mediterranean Sea linked to the invasion of non-indigenous marine species from the Red …

R Bédry, L De Haro, Y Bentur, N Senechal, BS Galil - Toxicon, 2021 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean region is, by far, a prime travel destination, having hosted more than 330
million tourists in 2016, mostly for seaside holidays. A greatly increased influx of …

Diversity and regional distribution of harmful algal events along the Atlantic margin of Europe

E Bresnan, F Arévalo, C Belin, MAC Branco… - Harmful Algae, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

First Characterization of Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyceae) and Detection of Ovatoxins during a Multispecific and Toxic Ostreopsis Bloom on French Atlantic Coast

N Chomérat, E Antajan, I Auby, G Bilien, L Carpentier… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Blooms of the benthic toxic dinoflagellate genus Ostreopsis have been recorded more
frequently during the last two decades, particularly in warm temperate areas such as the …

Current distribution and potential expansion of the harmful benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. siamensis towards the warming waters of the Bay of Biscay, North …

K Drouet, C Jauzein, D Herviot‐Heath… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In a future scenario of increasing temperatures in North‐Atlantic waters, the risk associated
with the expansion of the harmful, benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. siamensis has to be …

Occurrence of three dominant epibenthic dinoflagellates (Ostreopsis spp., Coolia monotis and Prorocentrum lima) in relation to biotic substrates and environmental …

M Ibghi, ML El kbiach, B Rijal Leblad… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
No studies have been carried out on the benthic harmful algal blooms (BHABs) along the
Strait of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean, and little is known about the diversity of blooming …

Playing hide and seek: Distribution with depth of potentially harmful epibenthic dinoflagellates of Southern El Hierro Island, Canary Islands (NE Atlantic)

J Fernández-Zabala, A Amorim, F Tuya, R Herrera… - Harmful Algae, 2022 - Elsevier
The study of epibenthic assemblages of harmful dinoflagellates (BHABs) is commonly
conducted in shallow infralittoral zones (0–5 m) and are seldom investigated at deeper …

Ostreopsis spp.: Morphology, proliferation and toxic profile in the North-West of Agadir (North Atlantic Ocean).

H Alkhatib, A Bennouna, R Abouabdellah… - Regional Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The distribution of benthic Ostreopsis species is poorly known in the Moroccan coasts. The
current study is aiming to investigate: i) the distribution of Ostreopsis spp. cells on …

[HTML][HTML] Summer Ostreopsis blooms in San Sebastian (South-East Bay of Biscay): The importance of substrate features

Y Laurenns-Balparda, S Seoane - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2025 - Elsevier
During summer 2020 and 2021, harmful episodes of Ostreopsis were first reported in the
Bay of Biscay, affecting the Spanish Basque coast, specifically the city of San Sebastian …

On the Hunt for New Toxin Families Produced by a Mediterranean Strain of the Benthic Dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata

E Ternon, E Glukhov, E Trytten, R Lemée, WH Gerwick - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ostreopsis cf. ovat a is a benthic dinoflagellate known to produce palytoxin (PLTX) and its
analogues. Recent investigations suggested the production of unknown toxins by a …