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TOXICON
Volume 90, Issue -, Pages 265-268Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.08.065
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Alexandrium minutum; Azores; Fish kills; Food poisoning; Northeastern Atlantic Ocean; Saxitoxin
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This is the first report of a bloom of the toxic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum in the Azores Archipelago (Northeastern Atlantic Ocean). In September 2013, high cell concentrations (1.3 x 10(7) cells L-1) of this species were recorded in Santo Cristo coastal lagoon causing an orange-brown water discoloration, death of small pelagic fish and toxification of shellfish resources (Ruditapes decussatus). Levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxins in clams exceeded 30 times the regulatory limit, and were associated with the intoxication of four people. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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