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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract We investigated the impact of neurotoxins produced by the dinoflagellateAlexandrium excavatum on survival of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) and American lobster (Homarus americanus) larvae, respectively reared from eggs and from female lobster, collected in 1988 from the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Sensitivity to the toxins was first verified by exposing larvae of both species to various concentrations of toxicA. excavatum (treatment) and non-toxicA. tamarense (control). Daily mortality rates ranged from 65 to 96% among mackerel larvae directly fed upon toxic cells and reached 36% in postlarvae exposed to toxic microzooplankton. Lobster larvae were apparently immune to the toxins, which they concentrated up to five times relative to vector toxicities. Bioassays conducted on mackerel larvae by exposure to natural plankton samples collected in situ during a bloom of toxicA. excavatum confirmed that exposure to the toxins could also have lethal effects in natural ecosystems. We conclude that the current proliferation of toxic dinoflagellates threatens early survival of finfish larvae and their recruitment to adult populations.
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    ISSN: 0951-4198
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: A combined liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) method using ion-spray ionization is described for the sensitive determination of okadaic acid and dinophysistoxin-1, the principal toxins implicated in cases of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. The method is used to confirm the presence of okadaic acid in a culture of the dinoflagellate species Prorocentrum concavum and in natural populations of dinoflagellates from eastern Canadian waters. Several analogues of the toxin have also been detected. Quantitative results are comparable to those obtained by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. With slight modifications, the LC/MS method is also used to analyse the fluorescent anthrylmethyl ester of okadaic acid. Preliminary tandem mass spectrometric results, obtained using fast-atom bombardment ionization, are presented for okadaic acid.
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    Informa UK Limited
    In:  EPIC3Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment, Informa UK Limited, 32(3), pp. 381-394, ISSN: 1944-0049
    Publication Date: 2024-04-25
    Description: The paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) profiles of Gymnodinium catenatum Graham have been reported for several strains from the Pacific coast of Mexico cultured under different laboratory conditions, as well as from natural populations. Up to 15 saxitoxin analogues occurred and the quantity of each toxin depended on the growth phase and culture conditions. Previous analysis of toxin profiles of G. catenatum isolated from Mexico have been based on post-column oxidation liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (LC-FLD), a method prone to artefacts and non-specificity, leading to misinterpretation of toxin composition. We describe, for the first time, the complete toxin profile for several G. catenatum strains from diverse locations of the Pacific coast of Mexico. The new results confirmed previous reports on the dominance of the less potent sulfocarbamoyl toxins (C1/2); significant differences, however, in the composition (e.g., absence of saxitoxin, gonyautoxin 2/3 and neosaxitoxin) were revealed in our confirmatory analysis. The LC-MS/MS analyses also indicated at least seven putative benzoyl toxin analogues and provided support for their existence. This new toxin profile shows a high similarity (〉 80%) to the profiles reported from several regions around the world, suggesting low genetic variability among global populations.
    Repository Name: EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
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