A review of the distribution of toxic dinoflagellates and related toxic events in the Mediterranean Sea is provided. Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) are the main seafood contaminations, that have been reported since 1987. In 1994 four lethal cases for PSP were reported in Morocco. DSP seems to be restricted in the Northern part of the basin, while PSP contamination presents a wider distribution. Potentially DSP species, belonging to the genus Dinophysis, are widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, suggesting a wider extension of this contamination. The lack of monitoring programs in the Southern Mediterranean could be responsible of DSP overlooking. The species responsible for PSP are Gymnodinium catenatum in the Alboran Sea and Alexandrium minutum in various parts of the basin. Ichtyotoxic effects, due to Gymnodinium and Gyrodinium species, have been sporadically reported in some Mediterranean areas.

Toxic Dinoflagellates in the Mediterranean Sea.

HONSELL, Giorgio;
1995-01-01

Abstract

A review of the distribution of toxic dinoflagellates and related toxic events in the Mediterranean Sea is provided. Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) and paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) are the main seafood contaminations, that have been reported since 1987. In 1994 four lethal cases for PSP were reported in Morocco. DSP seems to be restricted in the Northern part of the basin, while PSP contamination presents a wider distribution. Potentially DSP species, belonging to the genus Dinophysis, are widely distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, suggesting a wider extension of this contamination. The lack of monitoring programs in the Southern Mediterranean could be responsible of DSP overlooking. The species responsible for PSP are Gymnodinium catenatum in the Alboran Sea and Alexandrium minutum in various parts of the basin. Ichtyotoxic effects, due to Gymnodinium and Gyrodinium species, have been sporadically reported in some Mediterranean areas.
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