FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Ostreopsis cf. ovata Bloom in Currais, Brazil: Phylogeny, Toxin Profile and Contamination of Mussels and Marine Plastic Litter BT AF Tibiriçá, Carlos Eduardo J. A. Leite, Isabel P. Batista, Talita V. V. Fernandes, Luciano F. Chomérat, Nicolas Herve, Fabienne Hess, Philipp Mafra, Luiz AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:2;5:3;6:4;7:4;8:1,4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO;6:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;7:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;8:; C1 Centro de Estudos do Mar, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. Postal 61, Pontal do Paraná, PR 83255-976, Brazil Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Cx. Postal 19031, Curitiba, PR 81531-990, Brazil LER BO, Station de Biologie Marine, IFREMER, Place de la Croix, F-29900 Concarneau, France Laboratoire Phycotoxines, IFREMER, Rue de l’Ile d’Yeu, 44311 Nantes, France C2 UNIV FED PARANA, BRAZIL UNIV FED PARANA, BRAZIL IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI CONCARNEAU NANTES SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERBO PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC IN WOS Ifremer UPR DOAJ copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.13 TC 36 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00509/62037/66177.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Harmful algal bloom;benthic microalgae;toxic dinoflagellates;ovatoxin;toxin transfer;seafood safety;marine pollution;plastic litter;biofilm formation AB Ostreopsis cf. ovata is a toxic marine benthic dinoflagellate responsible for harmful blooms affecting ecosystem and human health, mostly in the Mediterranean Sea. In this study we report the occurrence of a summer O. cf. ovata bloom in Currais, a coastal archipelago located on the subtropical Brazilian coast (~25° S). This bloom was very similar to Mediterranean episodes in many aspects: (a) field-sampled and cultivated O. cf. ovata cells aligned phylogenetically (ITS and LSU regions) along with Mediterranean strains; (b) the bloom occurred at increasing temperature and irradiance, and decreasing wind speed; (c) cell densities reached up to 8.0 × 104 cell cm−2 on fiberglass screen and 5.6 × 105 cell g−1 fresh weight on seaweeds; (d) and toxin profiles were composed mostly of ovatoxin-a (58%) and ovatoxin-b (32%), up to 35.5 pg PLTX-eq. cell−1 in total. Mussels were contaminated during the bloom with unsafe toxin levels (up to 131 µg PLTX-eq. kg−1). Ostreopsis cells attached to different plastic litter, indicating an alternate route for toxin transfer to marine fauna via ingestion of biofilm-coated plastic debris PY 2019 PD AUG SO Toxins SN 2072-6651 PU MDPI AG VL 11 IS 8 UT 000482994200044 DI 10.3390/toxins11080446 ID 62037 ER EF