Bloom of the Yessotoxin producing dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae) in Northern Chile

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• 作者：Gonzalo Á ; lvarez^a ; ^b ; ^{galvarez@cimacoron.org"" rel=""nofollow} ; Eduardo Uribe^b ; Rosario Dí ; az^b ; Mauricio Braun^c ; Carmen Mariñ ; o^a ; Juan Blanco^a
• 关键词：Protoceratium Reticulatum ; Yessotoxin ; Harmful Algal Blooms ; Upwelling ; Bahí ; a Mejillones ; Chile
• 刊名：Journal of Sea Research
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：May 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：65
• 期：4
• 页码：427-434
• 全文大小：1138 K

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In summer 2007, a dinoflagellate preliminarily identified as Protoceratium reticulatum bloomed in Bahía Mejillones, northern Chile. Phytoplankton samples were analyzed in detail by light and scanning electron microscopy revealing the presence of resting cyst and motile cells of P. reticulatum. Oceanographic and phytoplankton data suggest that the bloom was initiated offshore by motile cells and germinated cysts during an upwelling pulse. These cells were advected into the bay when upwelling relaxed and grew without any relevant competitor. Phytoplankton net samples were found to contain yessotoxin as the only toxin in an estimated proportion of 0.2 and 0.4 pg cell^− 1, thus confirming that P. reticulatum is a source of yessotoxin in northern Chilean waters and consequently that it poses a risk for human health and mollusk exploitation in the area.