Marine neurotoxins are natural products produced by phytoplankton and select species of
invertebrates and fish. These compounds interact with voltage-gated sodium, potassium and …

The impacts of harmful algal blooms on human health, tourism, fisheries and ecosystems
have increased in recent decades. Eutrophication and the feared climate change are …

Submerged aquatic macrophytes are important in shallow aquatic ecosystems because they
stabilize the macrophyte-dominated state by increasing water transparency in various ways …

Chlorination of algae-laden water under UV irradiation was studied in bench scale. An
obvious synergistic effect between UV light (at 254 nm) and chlorine was obtained due to …

The toxic dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides forms harmful algal blooms in coastal
ecosystems around the world, to the great detriment of fisheries. Here we describe the …

Water quality degradation in harbour domains can have an important negative impact from
an economic, touristic and environmental point of view. In that sense, water quality …

The effects of temperature on growth, cell toxicity, toxin content, and profile of paralytic
shellfish toxins was determined in eight isolates of Gymnodinium catenatum from several …

Ecosystem models are often used to predict the consequences of management decisions in
applied ecology, including fisheries management and threatened species conservation …

In order to better understand the complex nitrogen (N) dynamics contributing to blooms of
the harmful alga, Prorocentrum donghaiense, in eutrophic environments, we compared the …

Alfacs and Fangar (North East of the Iberian Peninsula) are two embayments of the Ebre
Delta complex with typical Mediterranean characteristics. Both are subject to the same …