Ciguatera Poisoning (CP) is the most prevalent, phycotoxin related seafood poisoning
across the globe, affecting between 10,000 and 50,000 people annually. This illness results …

Nutrients and Phytoplankton composition are important indicators of coastal water quality
used for fisheries, tourism, and recreational purposes, which are the cornerstone of the blue …

Sea surface temperatures in the world's oceans are projected to warm by 0.4–1.4° C by mid
twenty-first century causing many tropical and sub-tropical harmful dinoflagellate genera like …

Based on a literature review and new morphological and molecular phylogenetic data, a
summary of all described benthic Prorocentrum species is presented. Short descriptions of …

The dinoflagellate genus, Ostreopsis Schmidt, has an increasingly global distribution. It
blooms in temperate to tropical coastal waters, and toxic species are present in all regions in …

Small pelagic fish, including anchovies, sardines and sardinellas, mackerels, capelin, hilsa,
sprats and herrings, are distributed widely, from the tropics to the far north Atlantic Ocean …

The genus Ostreopsis includes species largely distributed from tropical to temperate marine
areas worldwide. Among the nine species of the genus, O. siamensis, O. mascarenensis, O …

Marine plastic debris provides a significant surface area for potential colonization by
planktonic and benthic harmful microalgae and for the adsorption of their toxins …

Five epiphytic Prorocentrum species have been identified after the examination of
macrophyte, water column and sediment samples collected from 50 sites along North …

Marine benthic dinoflagellates are important as primary producers and play an important
role in marine foodwebs (South & Whittick 1987). They live in association with macroalgae …