Spatial distribution and source of biotoxins in phytoplankton from the South China Sea, China.

Journal of Hazardous Materials
Chao LiuAifeng Li

Abstract

Marine phycotoxins severely threaten ecosystem health and mariculture. This study investigates the spatial distribution and source of diverse phycotoxins in the South China Sea (SCS), during four 2019/2020 cruises. Saxitoxin (STX) and okadaic acid (OA) -groups, azaspiracids, cyclic imines, pectenotoxins (PTX), yessotoxins, and domoic acid (DA) toxins were analyzed in microalgal samples. PTX2 occurred with the highest (93.5%) detection rate (DR) during all cruises, especially in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE) in June 2019. Homo-yessotoxin (hYTX) and DA were found during three cruises in August 2020, and high DR of hYTX (67.7%, 29.3%) and DA (29.0%, 29.3%) in the PRE and Guangdong coast, respectively, in June 2019 and 2020, peaking at concentrations of 777 pg hYTX L-1 and 38514 pg DA L-1. The phycotoxin distribution demonstrated that DA-producing microalgae gathered close to the PRE and Guangdong coast, while hYTX-producing microalgae distributed relatively far offshore. Microalgae producing PTX2- and STX-group toxins were more widely living in the SCS. High-throughput sequencing results suggested that Alexandrium pacificum and Gonyaulax spinifera were responsible for STX-group toxins and hYTX, respectively, while Pseudo-nitzschia...Continue Reading

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