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ArticleToxins2023

Dissolved Algal Toxins along the Southern Coast of British Columbia Canada.

Ryan B Shartau, Lenora D M Turcotte, Julia C Bradshaw, Andrew R S Ross, Blair D Surridge, Nina Nemcek, Stewart C Johnson

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Article in Toxins, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ryan B ShartauDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA.
Lenora D M TurcottePacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada.
Julia C BradshawPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada.
Andrew R S RossInstitute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8047-7401
Blair D SurridgeM.B. Laboratories, Sidney, BC V8L 5Y1, Canada.
Nina NemcekInstitute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, BC V8L 4B2, Canada.
Stewart C JohnsonPacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N7, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3161-0234
Fisheries and Oceans Canada · CAA&L Canada Laboratories (Canada) · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in coastal British Columbia (BC), Canada, negatively impact the salmon aquaculture industry. One disease of interest to salmon aquaculture is Net Pen Liver Disease (NPLD), which induces severe liver damage and is believed to be caused by the exposure to microcystins (MCs). To address the lack of information about algal toxins in BC marine environments and the risk they pose, this study investigated the presence of MCs and other toxins at aquaculture sites. Sampling was carried out using discrete water samples and Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking (SPATT) samplers from 2017-2019. All 283 SPATT samples and all 81 water samples tested positive for MCs. Testing for okadaic acid (OA) and domoic acid (DA) occurred in 66 and 43 samples, respectively, and all samples were positive for the toxin tested. Testing for dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX-1) (20 samples), pectenotoxin-2 (PTX-2) (20 samples), and yessotoxin (YTX) (17 samples) revealed that all samples were positive for the tested toxins. This study revealed the presence of multiple co-occurring toxins in BC's coastal waters and the levels detected in this study were below the regulatory limits for health and recreational use. This study expands our limited knowledge of algal toxins in coastal BC and shows that further studies are needed to understand the risks they pose to marine fisheries and ecosystems.

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EcosystemMarine ToxinsBritish ColumbiaHarmful Algal BloomWaterMarine ToxinsWateraquaculturedomoic acidharmful algaemarine phycotoxinsmicrocystinokadaic acidSPATT

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PMID37368696
PMCPMC10303313
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