Toxic marine microalgae and noxious blooms in the Mediterranean Sea: A contribution to the Global HAB Status Report

• Published in: Harmful algae Vol. 102; p. 101843
• Main Authors: Zingone, Adriana, Escalera, Laura, Aligizaki, Katerina, Fernández-Tejedor, Margarita, Ismael, Amany, Montresor, Marina, Mozetič, Patricija, Taş, Seyfettin, Totti, Cecilia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.02.2021
• Subjects: Adriatic Sea; aerosols; Alexandrium minutum; algal blooms; aquaculture; Azadinium; benthic organisms; biomass; Black Sea; ciguatera; coastal water; coasts; Dinophysis; domoic acid; fish kills; Gambierdiscus; HABs; human health; information systems; Marmara Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Microalgae; monitoring; mucilages; OBIS; poisoning; poisonous algae; risk; river deltas; shellfish; shellfish poisoning; summer; tourism; Toxicity; toxins; water quality; Marmara Sea; Adriatic Sea; Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea; OBIS; Microalgae; HABs; Toxicity; Mediterranean Sea

•The Mediterranean Sea harbors more than 80 toxin-producing species, with a few cases of DSP and PSP and about 300 toxic events in 31 years, with an impact mainly on aquaculture.•The number of toxic species detected in the area has remarkably increased since the 1980s, but with no clear trend in tox...