Protoceratium reticulatum (Dinophyceae) in the austral Southwestern Atlantic and the first report on YTX-production in shelf waters of Argentina

• Published in: Harmful Algae
• Main Authors: Akselman Cardella, Rut, Krock, Bernd, Alpermann, Tilman J., Tillmann, Urban, Borel, Claudia Marcela, Almandoz, Gaston Osvaldo, Ferrario, Martha Elba
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Protoceratium reticulatum; Dinoflagellates; Southwestern Atlantic; Phylogeny; Yessotoxins; Cysts; Otras Ciencias Biológicas; Ciencias Biológicas; CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS; Argentina; Austral; Gaston; Alfred Wegener Institute; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/47636

Protoceratium reticulatum is a dinoflagellate with a life cycle that includes a motile planktonic stage and a resting cyst stage of benthic habitat, both with a wide geographical distribution, including southern South America. P. reticulatum produces yessotoxins (YTXs) which are accumulated in shell...