SALPS - POSSIBLE VECTORS OF TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATES

Authors
MIANZAN HW PAJARO M MACHINANDIARENA L CREMONTE F
Citation
Hw. Mianzan et al., SALPS - POSSIBLE VECTORS OF TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATES, Fisheries research, 29(2), 1997, pp. 193-197
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Fisheries
Journal title
Fisheries research → ACNP
ISSN journal
01657836
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
193 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0165-7836(1997)29:2<193:S-PVOT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The mortality of the Argentine mackerel Scomber japonicus during the s pring of 1993 was studied by analyzing their stomach contents. All dea d specimens contained salps. This study suggests that the salps contai ned high concentrations of the toxigenic dinoflagellate Alexandrium ta marense, and constituted herbivorous vectors of toxicity, causing the death of the mackerel.