Influence of Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) sexual maturation stage and ploidy on uptake of paralytic phycotoxins

The purpose of this study was to assess paralytic phycotoxin uptake in diploid and triploid oysters at two stages of their sexual cycle corresponding to their status in early summer (June) and winter (November). Samples of diploid and triploid oysters were exposed to a toxic culture of Alexandrium m...

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Published in:Toxicon
Main Authors: Gueguen, Marielle, Baron, Regis, Bardouil, Michele, Haberkorn, Hansy, Soudant, Philippe, Truquet, Philippe, Lassus, Patrick
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd 2012
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Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19796/17487.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.03.003
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00087/19796/
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to assess paralytic phycotoxin uptake in diploid and triploid oysters at two stages of their sexual cycle corresponding to their status in early summer (June) and winter (November). Samples of diploid and triploid oysters were exposed to a toxic culture of Alexandrium minutum for 4 days in each season. No significant differences in filtration or clearance rates were observed during either November or June experiments. When diploid oysters were at resting stage (November), toxin uptake showed no significant difference between the ploidy classes. In contrast, when the diploid oysters were at the peak of their sexual maturation (June), the triploid oysters were seen to accumulate almost double the amount of paralytic toxins as the diploid ones. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.