UNESCO Harmful Algae News NO.42
Authors/Creators
- 1. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas
- 2. Centro Científico y de Comunicación sobre Algas Nocivas COI-IEO
Description
First records of Ostreopsis heptagona, O. cf. siamensis and O. cf. ovata – in the Azores archipelago, Portugal, A. Silva, V. Brotas, E. Orive & A. Neto…………………..…………………..1
First records of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis in Moroccan Atlantic upwelling waters, A. Bennouna, J. El Attar, R. Abouabdellah, S. Palma, A. Penna & M.T. Moita………….……………………………1
Ostreopsis cf. siamensis proliferations in coastal water of Bizerte, Northern Tunisia, S. Turki, N. Balti, A. Aissaoui & Z. Armi …………………………………………………………………………….. 4
First detection of Ostreopsis cf. siamensis in Portuguese coastal waters, A. Amorim, V. Veloso & A. Penna………………………………………………………..…………………………………………6
EFSA scientific opinions on marine biotoxins, EFSA………………………………………………………………..…6
Beyond Guam: Current status of research on the neurotoxic amino acid BMAA by cyanobacteria, J.S. Metcalf, S.A. Banack & P.A.Cox, ………………………………………………………………8
Patrick Gentien In Memoriam, Beatriz Reguera..………………………………………………………………………9
Eutreptiella marina (Euglenophyceae) bloom causes significant fish kills in Banderas Bay, Jalisco, México, M.C. Cortés Lara, R. Cortés Altamirano, R. Alonso Rodríguez & A.L. Cupul Magaña………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………12
11th IOC-AECID-IEO Course on HAB Taxonomy, Mónica Lion & Beatriz Reguera……………………..13
Dinophysis norvegica: First report of the toxic temperate water Dinophysis in Manori creek of Mumbai water, N. Shahi, B.B. Naya2 & S. KumarMallik ………………………………………14
Green discolorations in Nuevo Gulf, Chubut Province, Argentina, V. Sastre, N. Santinelli & R. Akselman4……………………………………………………………………………………….16
The GEOHAB Core Research Project on HABs in Fjords & Coastal Embayments launches its research plan. Suzanne Roy……………………………………………………………………………18
A Regional Plan for HAB Research Focus and Cooperation in Asia, Gires Usup ………………………18
The GEOHAB Core Research Project on Benthic HABs is launched, Elisa Berdalet………………….19
GEOHAB Training Workshop: Taxonomy challenges and identification of benthic dinoflagellates, Jacob Larsen, Wayne Litaker, Pat Tester & Mona Hoppenrath……………....19
Future events …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20