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Algal bloom and its economic impact [PDF]

, 2016
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) represent a natural phenomena caused by a mass proliferation of phytoplankton (cyanobacteria, diatoms, dinoflagellates) in waterbodies.
CONDUTO ANTÓNIO DIANA SOFIA, DOBRICIC SRDAN, LETTIERI Teresa, POZZOLI LUCA, SANSEVERINO ISABELLA   +4 more
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Cyanotoxins: methods and approaches for their analysis and detection [PDF]

, 2017
Cyanotoxins are secondary metabolites produced by cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic prokaryota especially found in freshwater. In favourable conditions (i.e. high nutrient levels, light intensity, water temperature), cyanobacteria can form blooms,
CONDUTO ANTÓNIO DIANA SOFIA, LETTIERI TERESA, LOOS ROBERT, SANSEVERINO ISABELLA   +3 more
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Changing Trends in Paralytic Shellfish Poisonings Reflect Increasing Sea Surface Temperatures and Practices of Indigenous and Recreational Harvesters in British Columbia, Canada

Marine Drugs, 2021
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) occurs when shellfish contaminated with saxitoxin or equivalent paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are ingested. In British Columbia, Canada, documented poisonings are increasing in frequency based on 62 investigations ...
Lorraine McIntyre, Aroha Miller, Tom Kosatsky   +2 more
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Guanadinium toxins and their interactions with voltage-gated sodium ion channels [PDF]

, 2017
Guanidinium toxins, such as saxitoxin (STX), tetrodotoxin (TTX) and their analogs, are naturally occurring alkaloids with divergent evolutionary origins and biogeographical distribution, but which share the common chemical feature of guanidinium ...
Cembella, Allan, Duran, Lorena
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The Incidence of Marine Toxins and the Associated Seafood Poisoning Episodes in the African Countries of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea

Toxins, 2019
The occurrence of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and bacteria can be one of the great threats to public health due to their ability to produce marine toxins (MTs).
Isidro José Tamele, Marisa Silva, Vitor Vasconcelos   +2 more
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Climate change and water-related infectious diseases [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Water-related, including waterborne, diseases remain important sources of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but particularly in developing countries.
Heaviside, Clare, Lake, Iain, Nichols, Gordon   +2 more
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Formation of a Volunteer Harmful Algal Bloom Network in British Columbia, Canada, Following an Outbreak of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning

Marine Drugs, 2013
Evidence for shellfish toxin illness in British Columbia (BC) on the west coast of Canada can be traced back to 1793. For over two hundred years, domestically acquired bivalve shellfish toxin illnesses in BC were solely ascribed to paralytic shellfish ...
Nicola Haigh, David Cassis, Lorraine McIntyre   +2 more
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Categorizing the severity of paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreaks in the Gulf of Maine for forecasting and management. [PDF]

Deep Sea Res 2 Top Stud Oceanogr, 2014
Kleindinst JL, Anderson DM, McGillicuddy DJ, Stumpf RP, Fisher KM, Couture DA, Hickey JM, Nash C.   +7 more
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Electrochemical detection of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii with a DNA-biosensor [PDF]

, 2005
The steady rise of observations of harmful or toxic algal blooms throughout the world in the past decades constitute a menace for coastal ecosystems and human interests.
Huljic, S., Lange, M., Medlin, Linda, Metfies, Katja   +3 more
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Development of a Method for Detecting Alexandrium pacificum Based on the Quantification of sxtA4 by Chip-Based Digital PCR

Toxins, 2022
Alexandrium pacificum, which produces the paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) saxitoxin (STX), is one of the causative species of paralytic shellfish poisoning outbreaks in coastal areas of Korea.
Jun-Ho Hyung, Jinik Hwang, Seung-Joo Moon, Eun-Joo Kim, Dong-Wook Kim, Jaeyeon Park   +5 more
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