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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 2006Riccardi 1 , L Bianchi 2 , L Boschetti 2 , SM<strong>on</strong>tanari 2 , S Rubini 21 Centro Ricerche Marine, CESENATICO(FC), Italy2 IZS Lombardia-Emilia Romagna,FERRARA, ItalyIn autumn 2003, shellfish samplesfrom the Northwestern Adriatic Sea,collected during the routinem<strong>on</strong>itoring programme, testedpositive by mouse bioassay forlipophilic toxins (Yasumoto, 2001).Unusual symptoms and theextremely short survival times (aslow as 5 min), alerted the m<strong>on</strong>itoringoperators, suggesting the presenceof compounds previouslyundetected in Italy. During theevent, the dinoflagellateAlexandrium ostenfeldii reached itsmaximum c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong> of 15,612cells/L. The microalga, isolated andgrown in culture, was dem<strong>on</strong>stratedto produce mainly spirolide 13-desmethyl C but no PSP toxins(Ciminiello, 2006). Here we report<strong>on</strong> the first evidence of spirolideaccumulati<strong>on</strong> in Adriatic mussels.Analyses were carried out by liquidchromatography tandem massspectrometry.PO.05-34Use of electrospray tandem massspectrometry for identificati<strong>on</strong> ofmicrocystins during acyanobacterial bloom eventSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.05 - Toxin analysisE Pinto 1 , HV Frias 1 , P Colepicolo 1 ,KHM Cardozo 1 , MA Mendes 1 , VMCarvalho 2 , D Tomazela 31 Universidade de São Paulo, SÃO PAULO,Brazil2 Instituto Fleury, SAO PAULO, Brazil3 Waters Tecnologies, SAO PAULO, BrazilDrastic envir<strong>on</strong>mental c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>ssuch as elevated temperature,abrupt pH variati<strong>on</strong>, low turbulence,and high nutrient inputs canenhance the development of toxiccyanobacterial blooms in lakes andreservoirs. This study describes theoccurrence of four microcystinvariants (MC) in a bloom in theeutrophic reservoir Billings, in SaoPaulo City. The bloom sample wascollected in October 2003, andMicrocystis was the main genusfound. The MC were separated andpurified by reverse phase highperformance liquid chromatography(RP-HPLC). Their structures wereelucidated by electrospray i<strong>on</strong>izati<strong>on</strong>tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) and four variants weredetermined: MC-RR, MC-LR, MC-YR, and MC-hRhR. MC-hRhR isdescribed for the first time as a newvariant of MC with twohomoarginines at positi<strong>on</strong>s 2 and 4in its structure. ESI-MS/MS analysisthus provides a powerful andc<strong>on</strong>venient tool for thedeterminati<strong>on</strong> of variants of MC.These results represent animportant c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> to theknowledge of the biochemistry oftoxic cyanobacteria and their toxins,specifically in Sao Paulo State.PO.04-03Effects of harmful algae <strong>on</strong> rotiferfeeding behaviour andreproducti<strong>on</strong>: Karenia brevisuses chemical defense to detergrazersSessi<strong>on</strong>: PO.04 – Food chainsC Pirkle, TW Snell, J KubanekGeorgia Institute of Technology, ATLANTA,United States of AmericaBloom-forming phytoplankt<strong>on</strong> mayavoid becoming prey forzooplankt<strong>on</strong> because phytoplankt<strong>on</strong>cells are toxic, unpalatable, ornutriti<strong>on</strong>ally inadequate to supportzooplankt<strong>on</strong> growth or reproducti<strong>on</strong>.Using laboratory feeding assays, we262

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