FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Development of harmful algal blooms species responsible for lipophilic and amnesic shellfish poisoning intoxications in southwestern Mediterranean coastal waters BT AF Aboualaalaa, Hicham L'Bachir El kbiach, Mohammed Rijal Leblad, Benlahcen Hervé, Fabienne Hormat-Allah, Amal BAUDY, Lauriane Ennaskhi, Ismail Hammi, Ikram Ibghi, Mustapha Elmortaji, Hind Abadie, Eric ROLLAND, Jean-Luc Amzil, Zouher Laabir, Mohamed AS 1:1,2,5;2:1;3:2;4:4;5:2;6:4;7:2;8:2;9:1,2,5;10:3;11:6;12:6;13:4;14:5; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR;12:PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LAAAS;13:PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG;14:; C1 Equipe de Biotechnologie Végétale, Faculty of Sciences, Abdelmalek Essaadi University Tetouan, Morocco INRH (Moroccan Institute of Fisheries Research), Marine Environment Monitoring Laboratory, Tangier, Morocco INRH (Moroccan Institute of Fisheries Research), Marine Biotoxins Laboratory, Casablanca, Morocco Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea), PHYTOX, METALG Laboratory, Nantes, France Université Montpellier, MARBEC CNRS, IRD, Ifremer, Montpellier, France MARBEC, Université Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Sète, France C2 UNIV ABDELMALEK ESSAADI, MOROCCO INRH, MOROCCO INRH, MOROCCO IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV MONTPELLIER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI NANTES SETE SE PDG-ODE-PHYTOX-METALG PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERLR PDG-RBE-MARBEC-LAAAS UM MARBEC IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 2.8 TC 5 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00793/90497/96064.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Southwestern mediterranean;Lipophilic and amnesic toxins;Environmental factors;HABs;Mollusk ?s contamination;LC-MS/MS analyses AB Mediterranean waters have undergone environmental changes during the last decades leading to various modifications of the structure of phytoplankton populations, especially Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) species. Monitoring of the potentially toxic phytoplankton species was carried out biweekly in the western Mediterranean coast of Morocco from March 2018 to March 2019. Lipophilic Shellfish Toxins (LSTs) using LC-MS/MS and Domoic Acid (DA) using HPLC-UV were measured in the exploited mollusks, the cockle Acanthocardia tuberculata and the smooth clam Callista chione. We also determined the prevailing environmental factors in four surveyed sites (M'diq bay, Martil, Kaa Asras, and Djawn) selected to cover a variety of coastal ecosystems. Results showed that Pseudo-nitzschia spp. A DA producer species, was abundant with a pick of 50 × 103 cells l−1 on October 2018 in Djawn. Dinophysis caudata was the dominate Dinophysis species and showed a maximum density of 2200 cells l−1 on July in Djawn. Prorocentrum lima, an epibenthic dinoflagellate, appeared rarely in the water column with densities <80 cells l−1. Gonyaulax spinifera and Protoceratium reticulatum were found occasionally with a maximum density of 160 cells l−1. Karenia selliformis was detected only five times (<80 cells l−1) throughout the survey period. LC-MS/MS analyses revealed the presence of OA/DTX3, PTX-2, PTX-2 sa, and PTX-2 sa epi in the cockle at concentrations of up to 44.81 (OA/DTX-3+PTXs) ng g−1 meat. GYM-A was detected in the clam at concentrations of up to 4.22 ng g−1 meat. For the first time, AZAs and YTXs were detected in the southwestern Mediterranean with maximum values of 2.49 and 10.93 ng g−1 meat of cockle, respectively. DA was detected in moderate concentrations not exceeding 5.65 μg g−1 in both mollusks. Results showed that the observed toxic algae in the water column were responsible from the analysed toxins in the mollusks. It is likely that the southwestern Mediterranean waters could see the development of emergent species producing potent toxins (YTXs, AZAs, GYM-A). These dinoflagellates have to be isolated, ribotyped, and their toxin profiles determined. PY 2022 PD NOV SO Toxicon SN 0041-0101 PU Elsevier BV VL 219 UT 000861751800002 DI 10.1016/j.toxicon.2022.09.002 ID 90497 ER EF