FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in estuarine water and sediment BT AF Bormans, Myriam Savar, Veronique Legrand, Benjamin Mineaud, Emilien ROBERT, Elise Lance, Emilie Amzil, Zouher AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:1;5:2;6:4,5;7:2; FF 1:;2:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC; C1 CNRS, ECOBIO - UMR 6553, Univ Rennes, 35000, Rennes, France Phycotoxins Laboratory, IFREMER, 44311, Nantes, France ATHOS Environnement, 112 Avenue du Brézet, 63100, Clermont Ferrand, France UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Bat 18, Campus du Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims Cedex 2, France UMR 7245 MNHN/CNRS MCAM, équipe CCE, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 12 rue Buffon, 75231, Paris, France C2 CNRS, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE ATHOS ENVIRONNEMENT, FRANCE UNIV REIMS, FRANCE MNHN, FRANCE SI NANTES SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-PHYC IN WOS Ifremer UPR copubli-france copubli-univ-france IF 1.641 TC 14 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00613/72492/71503.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Toxic cyanobacteria;Microcystin;Colonies;Estuary;Sediment AB While transfer of freshwater cyanobacteria to estuaries has been observed worldwide, the associated transfer of cyanotoxins is less often reported, in particular the sediment contribution. During fall 2018, we monitored the co-occurrence of cyanobacteria and microcystin (MC) in both the water column and in surface sediments at five stations along a river continuum, from a freshwater reservoir to the coastal area in Brittany, France. Cyanobacteria dominated the phytoplankton community in the water column with high densities at the freshwater sites. Microcystis cells and intracellular MC transfer to estuarine and marine sites were observed with decreasing concentrations in accordance with flow dilution. Extracellular MC showed the opposite trend and increased from upstream to downstream in accordance with the lysing of the cells at elevated salinities. Surface sediment samples contained high densities of colonial Microcystis in freshwater and with decreasing concentrations along the salinity gradient, similar to cells concentrations in the water column. Intracellular MC was detected in sediment at all sites except at the marine outlet suggesting the survival of intact cells. Extracellular MC concentrations in sediment were up to five times higher than intracellular concentrations suggesting incomplete MC degradation. mcyB genes were present at all sites, while mcyA genes were absent at the marine outlet suggesting the presence of toxic strains along the estuary. The high densities of intact colonies of potentially toxic Microcystis in the estuarine sediment strongly suggest that sediments can act as an inoculum of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in estuaries. PY 2020 PD JUL SO Aquatic Ecology SN 1386-2588 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 54 IS 2 UT 000529831700012 BP 625 EP 640 DI 10.1007/s10452-020-09764-y ID 72492 ER EF