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12th International Conference on Harmful Algae

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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF HARMFUL ALGAE12 th <str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>C<strong>on</strong>ference</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Harmful</strong> <strong>Algae</strong>, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4-8 September 2006K. brevis bloom. Brevetoxins andrelated degradati<strong>on</strong> products wereextracted from water collected al<strong>on</strong>gthe shore and from marine aerosols.Water samples were furtherprocessed to separate the toxinsc<strong>on</strong>tained inside (intracellular) aswell as outside (extracellular) the K.brevis cells. Oxidati<strong>on</strong> and/orhydrolysis products of PbTx-1, -2, -3and -7 were found <strong>on</strong>ly inextracellular water and in aerosolsand at levels comparable to theparent brevetoxins. Thesecompounds have been previouslydescribed in laboratory culture,natural bloom water, and shellfish,but have not been described inmarine aerosols to which peopleand other mammals are exposed.Knowledge of these compoundsand their mechanisms ofaerosolizati<strong>on</strong> will provide criticalinformati<strong>on</strong> regarding the cause andeffect relati<strong>on</strong>ship <strong>on</strong> human andanimal health during red tideaerosol exposure.PO.05-45Development of a screeningmethod for cyanobacterial toxinsSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.05 - Toxin analysisS Hiller 1 , B Krock 2 , A Cembella 2 , BLuckas 11 FSU Jena, JENA, Germany2 AWI Bremerhaven, BREMERHAVEN,GermanyMass developments of toxiccyanobacteria in fresh waters incombinati<strong>on</strong> with health risks andseveral lethal pois<strong>on</strong>ings of animalsas well as human beings have beendocumented. The most importantgroup of cyanobacterial toxins arehepatotoxins, dominated bymicrocystins in additi<strong>on</strong> t<strong>on</strong>odularins. Other cyanobacterialtoxins are anatoxin-a, paralyticshellfish pois<strong>on</strong>ing toxins andcylindrospermopsins. Due to thecases of human intoxicati<strong>on</strong>frequently c<strong>on</strong>nected withcyanobacterial blooms,governmental instituti<strong>on</strong>sestablished c<strong>on</strong>trol programmes toensure that toxins do not reach thec<strong>on</strong>sumer. Therefore, manymethods have been developed forspecific target compounds of mostof the toxin groups. These methodshave their benefits and are in use atnumerous analytical laboratories.However, the applicati<strong>on</strong> of specificmethods depends <strong>on</strong> the knowledgeof the presence of a toxin-producingorganism. If this informati<strong>on</strong> islacking toxin analysis can be verytedious. Recently, we havedeveloped a liquid chromatographyelectrosprayi<strong>on</strong>isati<strong>on</strong>-tandemmass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) method, which qualitativelym<strong>on</strong>itors various typicalrepresentatives of all known classesof cyanotoxins, including evenunknown derivatives. This methoduses diagnostic mass fragments forthe detecti<strong>on</strong> of characteristiccompounds of the different classesand thus allows m<strong>on</strong>itoring a largeset of unspecified cyanobacterialsamples for the presence of anykind of cyanotoxins.PO.15-24Quantificati<strong>on</strong> of epibenthiccommunities, including toxicdinoflagellates, in different greenmacroalgal substrates in Ria deAveiro (Portugal)Sessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.15 - M<strong>on</strong>itoringMF Hinzmann, SC Craveiro, AJ CaladoUniversity of Aveiro, AVEIRO, PortugalThe coastal lago<strong>on</strong> ‘Ria de Aveiro’is a complex system of channels,marshes and puddles that supportthe growth of a variety of190

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