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ArticleMarine drugs2017

Recent Trends in Marine Phycotoxins from  Australian Coastal Waters.

Penelope Ajani, D Tim Harwood, Shauna A Murray

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Article in Marine drugs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Penelope AjaniClimate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. penelope.ajani@uts.edu.au.
D Tim HarwoodCawthron Institute, The Wood, Nelson 7010, New Zealand. tim.harwood@cawthron.org.nz.
Shauna A MurrayClimate Change Cluster (C3), University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia. shauna.murray@uts.edu.au.
University of Technology Sydney · AUCawthron Institute · NZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phycotoxins, which are produced by harmful microalgae and bioaccumulate in the  marine food web, are of growing concern for Australia. These harmful algae pose a threat to  ecosystem and human health, as well as constraining the progress of aquaculture, one of the fastest  growing food sectors in the world. With better monitoring, advanced analytical skills and an  increase in microalgal expertise, many phycotoxins have been identified in Australian coastal  waters in recent years. The most concerning of these toxins are ciguatoxin, paralytic shellfish  toxins, okadaic acid and domoic acid, with palytoxin and karlotoxin increasing in significance. The  potential for tetrodotoxin, maitotoxin and palytoxin to contaminate seafood is also of concern,  warranting future investigation. The largest and most significant toxic bloom in Tasmania in 2012  resulted in an estimated total economic loss of~AUD$23M, indicating that there is an imperative to  improve  toxin  and  organism  detection  methods,  clarify  the  toxin  profiles  of  species  of  phytoplankton and carry out both intra- and inter-species toxicity comparisons. Future work also  includes the application of rapid, real-time molecular assays for the detection of harmful species  and toxin genes. This information, in conjunction with a better understanding of the life histories  and  ecology  of  harmful  bloom  species,  may  lead  to  more  appropriate  management  of  environmental, health and economic resources.

Indexed as

Aquatic OrganismsAustraliaEcosystemFood ChainMarine ToxinsMicroalgaePhytoplanktonSeawaterMarine Toxinsciguatoxinsdomoic  acidharmful  algaekarlotoxinsmaitotoxinokadaic  acidpalytoxinpalytoxinsparalytic  shellfish  toxinstetrodotoxin

Identifiers

PMID28208796
PMCPMC5334613
OpenAlexW2586579555

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