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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 2006that the bloom was initiated in theupper tributaries of the Pec<strong>on</strong>icEstuary in August, andprogressively spread to the outerestuary in September. Aquaculturedjuvenile oysters (Crassostreavirginica) and wild juvenile and adultsoft shell clams (Mya arenaria)experienced elevated mortalityduring the blooms, a findingparticularly troubling in light of the<strong>on</strong>going multi-milli<strong>on</strong> dollar efforts torestore the Pec<strong>on</strong>ic Estuary’sshellfish populati<strong>on</strong>s. Incubati<strong>on</strong>experiments during bloom eventssuggested that both nitrogen andorganic micr<strong>on</strong>utrients (vitamins)may both play a key role instimulating the growth of C.polykrikoides during bloom events.PO.05-04Nitric oxide synthase-mediatednitric oxide (NO) generati<strong>on</strong> byharmful red tide phytoplankt<strong>on</strong>,Chatt<strong>on</strong>ella marinaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.05 - Toxin analysisTatsuya Oda, Kim Daekyung, KenichiYamaguchiNagasaki University, NAGASAKI, JapanThe harmful red tide phytoplankt<strong>on</strong>species Chatt<strong>on</strong>ella marina isknown for its potent fish-killingactivity. Previous studies havedem<strong>on</strong>strated that C. marinaproduces reactive oxygen species(ROS), and a ROS-mediatedichthyotoxic mechanism has beenpostulated. In this study, we foundthat C. marina is producingrelatively high levels of nitric oxide(NO) under normal growthc<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s. We utilized achemoluminescence (CL) reacti<strong>on</strong>between NO and luminol-H 2 O 2 todetect NO in a C. marina cellsuspensi<strong>on</strong>. Significant CL wasobserved in a cell-numberdependent manner, and itdecreased after additi<strong>on</strong> of carboxy-PTIO, a specific NO scavenger. Theestimated level of NO produced byC. marina was higher than those ofROS. The NO generati<strong>on</strong> by C.marina was also c<strong>on</strong>firmed by aspectrophotometric assay based <strong>on</strong>the measurement of the diazoreacti<strong>on</strong>positive substances (NOx)and by fluorometric assay using ahighly specific fluorescent indicatorof NO. The NO level in C. marinawas significantly reduced by L-NAME, a specific NO synthase(NOS) inhibitor, and the additi<strong>on</strong> ofL-arginine resulted in an increase inNO level, whereas NaNO 2 had noeffect. These results suggest thatNOS-like enzymes are mainlyresp<strong>on</strong>sible for NO generati<strong>on</strong> in C.marina.PO.10-03Growth and toxin producti<strong>on</strong> ofthe dinoflagellate, Alexandriumminutum (Dinophyceae) isolatedfrom Tumpat Estuary,northeastern part of PeninsulaMalaysiaSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.10 - Ecophysiology &autecologyT Ogata 1 , CP Leaw 1 , G Usup 2 , AKobiyama 1 , K Koike 1 , PT Lim 1,31 Kitasato University, OFUNATO CITY,Iwate, Japan2 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, BANGI,MalaysiaThe tropical estuarinedinoflagelallate, A. minutum Halimwas used to determine theecophysiological adaptati<strong>on</strong> inrelati<strong>on</strong> to the temperatecounterparts. This species has beenfrequently associated with incidenceof paralytic shellfish pois<strong>on</strong>ing(PSP) in Southeast Asia in recentyears. The effects of irradiance andtemperature <strong>on</strong> growth, nitrate252

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