Harmful blooms caused by dinoflagellates in the Pacific of Guatemala (2019–2022)

• Datum: 2024
• Hauptverfasser: Paz-Cordón, K.E., Okolodkov, Y.B., Cobo-Gradín, F.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Ukrainian
• Veröffentlicht: M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, NAS of Ukraine 2024
• Schlagworte: algal blooms; dinoflagellates; Guatemala; Guatemalan Pacific; microalgae; paralytic shellfish poisoning; phytoplankton; Pyrodinium bahamense; saxitoxin; «цвітіння» води; динофлагеляти; Гватемала; Тихий океан; мікроводорості; фітопланктон; сакситоксин; паралітичне отруєння молюсками
• Online Zugang: https://algologia.co.ua/journal/article/view/34.1.3
• Назва журналу: Algologia

Plankton studies in Guatemala are associated with the history of harmful algal blooms (HAB). An important event was observed in 1987, with 193 human poisonings due to shellfish consumption, of which 22 were lethal. The causative organism was Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum. This species was rep...