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Unprecedented toxic algal blooms impact on Tasmanian seafood industry
Citation
Hallegraeff, G and Bolch, C, Unprecedented toxic algal blooms impact on Tasmanian seafood industry, Microbiology Australia, 37, (3) pp. 143-144. ISSN 1324-4272 (2016) [Non Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1071/MA16049
Abstract
While most microscopic algae provide food for filter-feeding shellfish and larvae of crustaceans and finfish, other so-called Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) can have negative effects, causing severe economic losses to aquaculture, fisheries and tourism. Of greatest concern to human society are blooms of toxic HAB species that cause illness and death of fish, seabirds and mammals via toxins transferred through the food web. Unprecedented Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) blooms along the East Coast of Tasmania in 2012 and 2015, a previously low biotoxin risk area, led to major impacts on the local oyster, mussel, scallop and rock lobster industries. Four human hospitalisations also occurred from eating wild shellfish.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Non Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | dinoflagellate, toxin, harmful algae, Alexandrium fundyense |
| Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
| Research Group: | Plant biology |
| Research Field: | Phycology (incl. marine grasses) |
| Objective Division: | Animal Production and Animal Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Fisheries - aquaculture |
| Objective Field: | Fisheries - aquaculture not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Hallegraeff, G (Professor Gustaaf Hallegraeff) |
| UTAS Author: | Bolch, C (Associate Professor Christopher Bolch) |
| ID Code: | 117133 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Deposited By: | Ecology and Biodiversity |
| Deposited On: | 2017-05-31 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-06-01 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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