A review of microcystin detections in Estuarine and Marine waters: Environmental implications and human health risk

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• 作者：Ellen P. Preece^a ; ^{ellen@robertson-bryan.com} ; F. Joan Hardy^b ; Barry C. Moore^c ; Michael Bryan^a ; ^{bryan@robertson-bryan.com}
• 关键词：CyanoHAB ; Microcystin ; Salinity tolerance ; Estuarine ; Coastal ; Freshwater transfer ; Human health
• 刊名：Harmful Algae
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：61
• 期：Complete
• 页码：31-45
• 全文大小：1369 K
• 卷排序：61

文摘

Toxin production by harmful cyanobacteria blooms (CyanoHABs) constitutes a major, worldwide environmental threat to freshwater aquatic resources that is expected to expand in scale and intensity with global climate change. Extensive literature exists on the most frequently encountered cyanotoxin, microcystin, in freshwater environments. Yet, the expansion of microcystin producing CyanoHABs and the transport of contaminated inland waters to estuarine and coastal marine waters has only recently received attention. This paper synthesizes information on the salinity tolerance of microcystin producing cyanobacteria and summarizes available case reports on microcystin presence in estuarine and coastal waters. We highlight a potential food-borne exposure route to humans by reviewing the growing body of evidence that shows microcystins can accumulate in coastal seafood. These cases reinforce the importance of freshwater nutrient reduction and the need for freshwater management efforts to look beyond lacustrine and riverine systems. Events reviewed here likely only represent a small proportion of cases where microcystins affect estuarine and coastal waters. We strongly suggest increased monitoring and research efforts to understand, react to, and prevent ecological and health problems associated with the growing problem of toxic CyanoHABs in coastal environments.