Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

Koray T.,2004. Potentially Toxic and Harmful Phytoplankton Species Along the Coast of the Turkish Seas//Steidinger, K. A., J. H. Landsberg, C. R. Tomas, and G. A. Vargo (Eds.). 2004. Harmful Algae 2002. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Institute of Oceanography, and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA. - 335-337pp.

Period: 1980 - 2002

Area: Southern Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Aegean Sea, and the northeastern Mediterranean

Abstract: Potentially toxic and harmful phytoplankton species along the Turkish coasts of the southern Black Sea, Sea of Mar- mara, eastern Aegean Sea, and the northeastern Mediterranean were detected between 1980–2002. Twenty-one potentially toxic microalgae were recorded: three cyanophytes that can cause hepatotoxic effects; fourteen dinoflagellates with a po- tential to cause Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning, Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, Azaspiracid Poisoning, and yessotoxin-like poisoning symptoms; three diatoms, which can cause Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning; and a raphidophyte species. Harm- ful but non-toxic blooms were very frequent in the eutrophic Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, and the eastern Aegean coasts.

Map: Sampling stations (numbers) and localities (A, B, southern Black Sea; C–E; Turkish Straits [Sea of Marmara]; F–H, east- ern Aegean Sea; I, J, northeastern Mediterranean). Sampling periods: A, 1993–1994; B–F, 1999–2003; G, 1980–2003; H, 1990–1991; I, 1999–2001; J, 1996–2003.

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