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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 2006and a known volume of filteredseawater was added. Bags wereshaken for 1 min to dislodgeepiphytic microalgae. Thesuspensi<strong>on</strong> was preserved withneutral lugol iodine for microscopicidentificati<strong>on</strong> and enumerati<strong>on</strong>.Epiphytic microalgae werequantified by sedimentati<strong>on</strong> in asettling chamber and examinedunder an inverted epifluorescencemicroscope using calcofluorstaining. Species compositi<strong>on</strong> andabundance are reported. Species ofProrocentrum and Ostreopsis wereobserved, indicating the potentialrisk of toxin accumulati<strong>on</strong> throughthe food web.PO.04-02Short-term feeding resp<strong>on</strong>se ofthe mussel Mytilus chilensisexposed to diets c<strong>on</strong>taining thetoxic dinoflagellate AlexandriumcatenellaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.04 – Food chainsJM Navarro, AM C<strong>on</strong>trerasUniversidad Austral de Chile, VALDIVIA,ChileFrequent blooms of Alexandriumcatenella in southern Chileencouraged undertaking of thepresent study, which uses themussel Mytilus chilensis as a modelfor evaluating the feeding resp<strong>on</strong>seto diets c<strong>on</strong>taining PSP producedby A. catenella. Short-term feedingresp<strong>on</strong>ses were measured usingfour diets c<strong>on</strong>taining differentproporti<strong>on</strong>s of Alexandriumcatenella. Four specimens wereexposed to diets c<strong>on</strong>taining A.catenella and three c<strong>on</strong>trols werefed with a diet free of A. catenella.Diets c<strong>on</strong>taining the highestpercentages of A. catenellasignificantly affected clearance rateduring the initial hours. After thisperiod M. chilensis dem<strong>on</strong>strated anability to acclimate to toxinc<strong>on</strong>tainingdiets, approachingsimilar values to the c<strong>on</strong>trolmussels. The relative insensitivity ofM. chilensis to PSP resulted in therapid normalizati<strong>on</strong> of its feedingbehaviour, allowing it to accumulatethe paralytic toxin within a shortperiod of time. This capacity madeMytilus chilensis a good indicatorspecies for detecti<strong>on</strong> of PSP eventspotentially dangerous to humanhealth. The capacity for acclimati<strong>on</strong>of M. chilensis may be an adaptiveproperty within the naturalpopulati<strong>on</strong> of origin, which wasaffected by the toxic bloom of A.catenella during 2002.(We are grateful for financialsupport from: Grant FONDECYT1030340 and DID-UACH).PO.13-10HABs and hurricanes in FloridaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.13 - Regi<strong>on</strong>al eventsMerrie Neely 1 , Cynthia A Heil 1 , SueMurasko 1 , Kristy Dziemiela 1 , ErinFaltin 1 , Matt Garrett 1 , Earnest Truby 1 ,Tom Corbin 1 , Dan Carls<strong>on</strong> 2 , DaveEnglish 31 Florida Fish and Wildlife C<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> C,ST. PETERSBURG, FL, United States ofAmerica2 Florida State University, TALLAHASSEE,FL, United States of America3 University of South Florida, ST.PETERSBURG, FL, United States ofAmericaThe 2004 and 2005 hurricaneseas<strong>on</strong> provided two uniqueopportunities to evaluate the effectsof post-hurricane nutrientenrichment of the West FloridaShelf (WFS) and HAB initiati<strong>on</strong> andmaintenance. Multidisciplinaryresearch cruises beganapproximately 10 days after bothHurricanes Charley and Wilma, the249

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