Source and profile of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in shellfish in Daya Bay, South China Sea

Abstract

1Changes in cell density and cyst flux of Alexandrium tamarense, paralytic shellfish poisoning 2

Distribution of Alexandrium fundyense and A. pacificum (Dinophyceae) in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea

“…catenella'' based on their morphological features (Qi and Tian, 1994;Anderson et al, 1996;Yu et al, 1998), though genetic studies have shown that both A. fundyense (Group I) and A. pacificum (Group IV) commonly occur (Wang and Hsieh, 2005;Tang et al, 2006;Gu et al, 2013a). Blooms of these species or PSTs have been reported in Dapeng Bay and Daya Bay of the South China Sea (SCS), coastal waters adjacent to the Changjiang River estuary in the East China Sea (ECS), and the northern Yellow Sea (YS) (Song et al, 2009;Wang and Wu, 2009;Wang et al, 2011). PSTs have also been detected in many bivalve samples collected along the coast of China (Anderson et al, 1996;Zhou et al, 1999;Wang and Wu, 2009).…”

Variability in the allelopathic action of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex along the coast of China

“…have also been reported in the Yellow Sea, the coastal waters adjacent to the Changjiang River estuary and some bays in the South China Sea (Wang et al, 2006a(Wang et al, , 2011Song et al, 2009;Gu et al, 2013;Zou et al, 2014). Furthermore, A. tamarense blooms have been found to be associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin contamination in the cultivated shellfish in China (Wang et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2013;Jiang et al, 2013). The wide distribution of the species and their implication in harmful algal blooms (HABs) and PSP events have attracted increasing attention in China, and many studies have been performed on the nutritional characteristics, toxin composition, phylogenetics and toxicity of this genus (Chen et al, 1999;Yan et al, 2003;Wu et al, 2005;Fang et al, 2006;Tang et al, 2006;Gu et al, 2013;Jiang et al, 2013).…”

“…Blooms of toxic Alexandrium spp. have also been reported in the Yellow Sea, the coastal waters adjacent to the Changjiang River estuary and some bays in the South China Sea (Wang et al, 2006a(Wang et al, , 2011Song et al, 2009;Gu et al, 2013;Zou et al, 2014). Furthermore, A. tamarense blooms have been found to be associated with paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxin contamination in the cultivated shellfish in China (Wang et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2013;Jiang et al, 2013).…”

Investigation of diarrhetic shellfish toxins in Lingshan Bay, Yellow Sea, China, using solid-phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT)

“…2008;Wang et al 2011). to investigate the impact of algal toxins on the aquaculture area a solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) method first developed by MacKenzie et al, (2004) was used here.…”