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ArticleScientific reports2019

A model predicting the PSP toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum occurrence in the coastal waters of the NW Adriatic Sea.

Eleonora Valbi, Fabio Ricci, Samuela Capellacci, Silvia Casabianca, Michele Scardi, Antonella Penna

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Eleonora ValbiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino (PU), Italy.
Fabio RicciDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino (PU), Italy.
Samuela CapellacciDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino (PU), Italy.
Silvia CasabiancaDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino (PU), Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2670-5423
Michele ScardiDepartment of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0684-3941
Antonella PennaDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino, Campus E. Mattei, Via Cà le Suore 2/4, 61029, Urbino (PU), Italy. antonella.penna@uniurb.it.ORCID 0000-0002-1880-9401

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Abstract

Increased anthropic pressure on the coastal zones of the Mediterranean Sea caused an enrichment in nutrients, promoting microalgal proliferation. Among those organisms, some species, such as the dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum, can produce neurotoxins. Toxic blooms can cause serious impacts to human health, marine environment and economic maritime activities at coastal sites. A mathematical model predicting the presence of A. minutum in coastal waters of the NW Adriatic Sea was developed using a Random Forest (RF), which is a Machine Learning technique, trained with molecular data of A. minutum occurrence obtained by molecular PCR assay. The model is able to correctly predict more than 80% of the instances in the test data set. Our results showed that predictive models may play a useful role in the study of Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB).

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Models, TheoreticalOceans and SeasAlgorithmsDinoflagellidaSeawaterShellfish Poisoning

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