Multiple New Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Vectors in Offshore North Sea Benthos, a Deep Secret Exposed

• Published in: Marine drugs Vol. 18; no. 8; p. 400
• Main Authors: Dean, Karl J, Hatfield, Robert G, Lee, Vanessa, Alexander, Ryan P, Lewis, Adam M, Maskrey, Benjamin H, Teixeira Alves, Mickael, Hatton, Benjamin, Coates, Lewis N, Capuzzo, Elisa, Ellis, Jim R, Turner, Andrew D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.07.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic crustaceans; Aquatic Organisms - chemistry; benthic organisms; Benthos; Benthos collecting devices; Chromatography; Crustacea - chemistry; Crustaceans; Cyanobacteria; Cysts; Demersal fisheries; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiology; Epifauna; Gonyautoxin; Identification; Identification methods; Invertebrates; Marine invertebrates; Methods; New species; North Sea; Offshore; Organisms; paralytic shellfish toxins; Profiles; Saxitoxin; Saxitoxin - analogs & derivatives; Saxitoxin - analysis; saxitoxins; sea chervil; Sea Urchins - chemistry; Shellfish; Shellfish Poisoning; starfish; Starfish - chemistry; Storms; sunstar; Surveys; Toxicity; Toxins; Vectors; Water quality; Zoobenthos; North Sea; United Kingdom > UK; England; Scotland; benthic organisms; paralytic shellfish toxins; sea chervil; sunstar; starfish; saxitoxins

In early 2018, a large easterly storm hit the East Anglian coast of the UK, colloquially known as the 'Beast from the East', which also resulted in mass strandings of benthic organisms. There were subsequent instances of dogs consuming such organisms, leading to illness and, in some cases,...