The Latin America and Caribbean HAB status report based on OBIS and HAEDAT maps and databases

Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyceae) Molecular Phylogeny, Morphology, and Detection of Ovatoxins in Strains and Field Samples from Brazil

(2020) Silvia M. Nascimento et al.   Toxins

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of a new PST-producing dinoflagellate species: Alexandrium fragae sp. nov. (Gonyaulacales, dinophyceae)

(2020) Suema Branco et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Screening of Chilean fish-killing microalgae using a gill cell-based assay

(2020) Jorge I. Mardones   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Ciguatera poisonings: A global review of occurrences and trends

(2020) M. Chinain et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Interannual Variability of Dinophysis acuminata and Protoceratium reticulatum in a Chilean Fjord: Insights from the Realized Niche Analysis

(2019) Catharina Alves-de-Souza et al.   Toxins

Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Surf Clams Mesodesma donacium during a Large Bloom of Alexandrium catenella Dinoflagellates Associated to an Intense Shellfish Mass Mortality

(2019) Gonzalo Álvarez et al.   Toxins

Pelagic harmful algal blooms and climate change: Lessons from nature’s experiments with extremes

(2019) Vera L. Trainer et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Coolia tropicalis, Coolia malayensis and a new lineage of the Coolia canariensis species complex (Dinophyceae) isolated from Brazil

(2019) Silvia M. Nascimento et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Morphology, toxicity and molecular characterization of Gambierdiscus spp. towards risk assessment of ciguatera in south central Cuba

(2019) Lisbet Díaz-Asencio et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Harmful phytoplankton in the Beagle Channel (South America) as a potential threat to aquaculture activities

(2019) Gastón O. Almandoz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ciguatoxin Occurrence in Food-Web Components of a Cuban Coral Reef Ecosystem: Risk-Assessment Implications

(2019) Lisbet Díaz-Asencio et al.   Toxins

Quantifying harmful algal bloom thresholds for farmed salmon in southern Chile

(2018) Rodrigo M. Montes et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Winter distribution of toxic, potentially toxic phytoplankton, and shellfish toxins in fjords and channels of the Aysen region, Chile

(2018) Gemita Pizarro et al.   Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research

Bloom-forming cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Argentina: A growing health and environmental concern

(2018) Anabella Aguilera et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Rapid assessment of coastal water quality for recreational purposes: Methodological proposal

(2018) Patricia Abdul azis et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Hydroclimatic conditions trigger record harmful algal bloom in western Patagonia (summer 2016)

(2018) Jorge León-Muñoz et al.   Scientific Reports

Diel Variations in Cell Abundance and Trophic Transfer of Diarrheic Toxins during a Massive Dinophysis Bloom in Southern Brazil

(2018) Thiago Alves et al.   Toxins

First Report of Okadaic Acid and Pectenotoxins in Individual Cells of Dinophysis and in Scallops Argopecten purpuratus from Perú

(2018) Alex Alcántara-Rubira et al.   Toxins

The life history of the toxic marine dinoflagellate Protoceratium reticulatum (Gonyaulacales) in culture

(2017) Pablo Salgado et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Morphology and phylogeny of Prorocentrum caipirignum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a new tropical toxic benthic dinoflagellate

(2017) Silvia M. Nascimento et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Domoic acid in a marine pelagic food web: Exposure of southern right whales Eubalaena australis to domoic acid on the Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina

(2017) Valeria C. D’Agostino et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Species occurrence of the potentially toxigenic diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia and the associated neurotoxin domoic acid in the Argentine Sea

(2017) Gastón O. Almandoz et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Morphological, molecular, and toxin analysis of field populations of Alexandrium genus from the Argentine Sea

(2017) Elena Fabro et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Algae: 15

(2017) WillemF. Prud'homme van Reine   TAXON

Toxin production, growth kinetics and molecular characterization of Ostreopsis cf. ovata isolated from Todos os Santos Bay, tropical southwestern Atlantic

(2017) Maria Cristina de Q. Mendes et al.   TOXICON

Recreational Exposure during Algal Bloom in Carrasco Beach, Uruguay: A Liver Failure Case Report

(2017) Flavia Vidal et al.   Toxins

Largest baleen whale mass mortality during strong El Niño event is likely related to harmful toxic algal bloom

(2017) Verena Häussermann et al.   PeerJ

Morphological and toxicological studies of Pseudo-nitzschia species from the central coast of Peru

(2016) Cecil Tenorio et al.   DIATOM RESEARCH

Role of resting cysts in Chilean Alexandrium catenella dinoflagellate blooms revisited

(2016) Jorge I. Mardones et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Distribution of Dinophysis species and their association with lipophilic phycotoxins in plankton from the Argentine Sea

(2016) Elena Fabro et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Gonyaulax taylorii , a new yessotoxins-producer dinoflagellate species from Chilean waters

(2016) Gonzalo Álvarez et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Azadinium poporum from the Argentine Continental Shelf, Southwestern Atlantic, produces azaspiracid-2 and azaspiracid-2 phosphate

(2016) Urban Tillmann et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Prorocentrum lima from the South Atlantic: Morphological, molecular and toxicological characterization

(2016) Silvia M. Nascimento et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Circadian rhythm of a red-tide dinoflagellate Peridinium quadridentatum in the port of Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico, its thecal morphology, nomenclature and geographical distribution

(2016) Yuri B. Okolodkov et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Revisiting the 1991 algal bloom in shelf waters off Argentina:Azadinium luciferelloidessp. nov. (Amphidomataceae, Dinophyceae) as the causative species in a diverse community of other amphidomataceans

(2016) Urban Tillmann et al.   PHYCOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Notes on the marine algae of the International Biosphere ReserveSeaflower,Caribbean Colombia II: diversity of drift algae in San Andres island, Caribbean Colombia

(2016) Juan Felipe Ortiz et al.   CARIBBEAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

SEASONAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF TOXIGENIC SPECIES OF Dinophysis AND Pseudo-nitzschia IN A SUBTROPICAL BRAZILIAN ESTUARY

(2015) Carlos Eduardo Junqueira de Azevedo Tibiriçá et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae) in the austral Southwestern Atlantic and the first report on YTX-production in shelf waters of Argentina

(2015) Rut Akselman et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Fish gill damage by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella from Chilean fjords: Synergistic action of ROS and PUFA

(2015) Jorge I. Mardones et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Co-occurrence of Dinophysis tripos and pectenotoxins in Argentinean shelf waters

(2015) Elena Fabro et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Analysis of the hydrographic conditions and cyst beds in the San Jorge Gulf, Argentina, that favor dinoflagellate population development including toxigenic species and their toxins

(2015) Bernd Krock et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Potentially toxic Pseudo-nitzschia species in plankton and fecal samples of Eubalaena australis from Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina

(2015) Valeria C. D'Agostino et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

A water quality index for recreation in Brazilian freshwaters

(2015) F. W. Azevedo Lopes et al.   JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH

Morphology ofGambierdiscus excentricus(Dinophyceae) with emphasis on sulcal plates

(2015) Silvia Mattos Nascimento et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

Arguments against the proposal 2302 by John & al. to reject the name Gonyaulax catenella (Alexandrium catenella)

(2015) Santiago Fraga et al.   TAXON

Purification and characterization of saxitoxin from Mytilus chilensis of southern Chile

(2015) D.P. Rubio et al.   TOXICON

Occurrence and profiles of lipophilic toxins in shellfish harvested from Argentina

(2015) Andrew D. Turner et al.   TOXICON

Differences in the toxin profiles of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) strains isolated from different geographic origins: Evidence of paralytic toxin, spirolide, and gymnodimine

(2015) Pablo Salgado et al.   TOXICON

Cyanobacteria, microcystins and cylindrospermopsin in public drinking supply reservoirs of Brazil

(2014) MARIA DO CARMO BITTENCOURT-OLIVEIRA et al.   ANAIS DA ACADEMIA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIAS

Recurrent blooms of Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae) in the Piraquê Channel, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, southeast Brazil

(2014) S Branco et al.   BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY

Toxic strains of the Alexandrium ostenfeldii complex in southern South America (Beagle Channel, Argentina)

(2014) Gastón. O. Almandoz et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Coupling planktonic and benthic shifts during a bloom of Alexandrium catenella in southern Chile: Implications for bloom dynamics and recurrence

(2014) Patricio A. Díaz et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in the Marine GastropodsZidona dufresneiandAdelomelon beckiifrom Argentina: Toxicity and Toxin Profiles

(2014) Andrew D. Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF SHELLFISH RESEARCH

Formal Revision of the Alexandrium tamarense Species Complex (Dinophyceae) Taxonomy: The Introduction of Five Species with Emphasis on Molecular-based (rDNA) Classification

(2014) Uwe John et al.   PROTIST

Lipophilic toxins in cultivated mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from Baja California, Mexico

(2014) Ernesto García-Mendoza et al.   TOXICON

Seasonal Variation of the Genus Prorocentrum (DINOPHYCEAE) in Two Tuna Farms In The Bahía De La Paz, Mexico

(2014) Rocio Elizabeth MUCIÑO-MÁRQUEZ et al.   ACTA BIOLOGICA COLOMBIANA

Blooms ofPseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissimaandP. calliantha, and associated domoic acid accumulation in shellfish from the South Brazilian coast

(2013) Luciano Felício Fernandes et al.   DIATOM RESEARCH

Diarrheic toxins in field-sampled and cultivated Dinophysis spp. cells from southern Brazil

(2013) Luiz Laureno Mafra et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships, morphological variation, and toxin patterns in theAlexandrium ostenfeldii(Dinophyceae) complex: implications for species boundaries and identities

(2013) Anke Kremp et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Description of toxigenic species of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia in coastal waters of Uruguay: Morphology and distribution

(2012) Silvia M. Méndez et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Blooms of Azadinium cf. spinosum Elbrächter et Tillmann (Dinophyceae) in northern shelf waters of Argentina, Southwestern Atlantic

(2012) Rut Akselman et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Morphology and Phylogeny ofProrocentrum texanumsp. nov. (Dinophyceae): A New Toxic Dinoflagellate From the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Waters Exhibiting Two Distinct Morphologies

(2012) Darren W. Henrichs et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyta) bloom in an equatorial island of the Atlantic Ocean

(2012) Silvia Mattos Nascimento et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The growth, toxicity and genetic characterization of seven strains of Alexandrium catenella (Whedon and Kofoid) Balech 1985 (Dinophyceae) isolated during the 2009 summer outbreak in southern Chile

(2011) Alejandra Aguilera-Belmonte et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Intraregional variation among Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae) strains from southern Chile: Morphological, toxicological and genetic diversity

(2011) Daniel Varela et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Growth and toxin profile of Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Dinophyta) from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(2011) Silvia M. Nascimento et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

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

(2011) Gonzalo Álvarez et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

An Acute Case of Intoxication with Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins in Recreational Water in Salto Grande Dam, Argentina

(2011) Leda Giannuzzi et al.   Marine Drugs

First record of Lingulodinium polyedrum (Dinophyceae) resting cysts in coastal sediments from the Inner Sea of Chiloé, Los Lagos Region, southern Chile (~41°-43°S)

(2011) Pablo Salgado et al.   GAYANA BOTANICA

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Pacific Islands (1998 to 2008)

(2011) Mark P. Skinner et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

IDENTIFICATION OF THE TOXIC ALGA ALEXANDRIUM TAMIYAVANICHI (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL: A COMBINED MORPHOLOGICAL AND rDNA SEQUENCE (PARTIAL LSU AND ITS) APPROACH1

(2010) Mariângela Menezes et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Biochemical features of a Protoceratium reticulatum red tide in Chipana Bay (Northern Chile) in summer conditions

(2010) Sergio Rossi et al.   SCIENTIA MARINA

Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies

(2010) Patricia A. Tester et al.   TOXICON

Domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia australis and Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha isolated from North Chile

(2009) Gonzalo Álvarez et al.   HARMFUL ALGAE

Fixation of Chattonella antiqua and C. marina (Raphidophyceae) using Hepes-buffered paraformaldehyde and glutaraldehyde for flow cytometry and light microscopy

(2009) Toshiya Katano et al.   PHYCOLOGIA

The occurrence of domoic acid linked to a toxic diatom bloom in a new potential vector: The tunicate Pyura chilensis (piure)

(2009) Américo López-Rivera et al.   TOXICON

Food poisoning due to consumption of the marine gastropod Plicopurpura columellaris in El Salvador

(2009) José Enrique Barraza   TOXICON

Pectenotoxins and yessotoxin from Arica Bay, North Chile as determined by tandem mass spectrometry

(2009) Bernd Krock et al.   TOXICON

First identification of azaspiracid and spirolides in Mesodesma donacium and Mulinia edulis from Northern Chile

(2009) Gonzalo Álvarez et al.   TOXICON

First evidence of azaspiracids (AZAs): A family of lipophilic polyether marine toxins in scallops (Argopecten purpuratus) and mussels (Mytilus chilensis) collected in two regions of Chile

(2009) A. López-Rivera et al.   TOXICON

Distribution, abundance and diversity of modern dinoflagellate cyst assemblages from southern Chile (43–54° S)

(2008) Catharina Alves-de-Souza et al.   BOTANICA MARINA

Nanoflagellates from coastal waters of southern Brazil (32°S)

(2008) Marli Bergesch et al.   BOTANICA MARINA

Phylogenetic relationships among the MediterraneanAlexandrium(Dinophyceae) species based on sequences of 5.8S gene and Internal Transcript Spacers of the rRNA operon

(2008) Antonella Penna et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY