Marine lipids
analyses of lipid extracts may provide a rapid screening method to
evaluate the potential toxicity of algal bloom samples through the
relative proportions of saturated and polyunsaturated constituents
within the free fatty acid chemical class.
Acknowledgments
This study is part of the Ifremer programme Efflorescences Algales Toxiques. It
was partly funded through a contribution from the French National Programme
on Harmful Algal Blooms (PNEAT) and a Research Grant from NSERC (Canada).
We are indebted to our colleagues G. Arzul and E. Erard-Le Denn for helpful information and comments on the manuscript.
Bibliographic references
Ackman R.G., 2000. Memoirs, a personal history. In: Marine lipids.
Baudimant G., Guézennec J., Roy P. & Samain J.-F. (eds). Ed.
Ifremer, Actes Colloq., 27, 9-14.
Adlerstein D., Bigogno C., Khozin I., Cohen Z., 1997. The effect of
growth temperature and culture density on the molecular species
composition of the galactolipids in the red microalga Porphyridiurn
cruentum (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol., 33, 975-979Arzul G., Gentien P., Bodennec G., Toularastel F., Youenou A., Crassous M.-P, 1995. Comparison of toxic effects in Gymnodinium cf.
nagasakiense polyunsaturated fatty acids. In: Harmful Marine Algal
Blooms. Lassus et al. (eds.), Lavoisier, Paris, 395-400.
Arzul G., Gentien P., Bodennec G., 2000. Potential toxicity of microalgal polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). In: Marine lipids. Baudimant G., Guézennec J., Roy P. & Samain J.-F. (eds). Éd. Ifremer,
Actes Colloq., 27, 53-62.
Bell M.V., Dick J.R., Pond D.W., 1997. Octadecapentaenoic acid in a raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo. Phytochemistry, 45, .303-306.
Bishop D.G., Bain J.M., Downton W.J.S., 1976. Ultrastructure and lipid
composition of Zooxanthellae from Tridacina maxima. Aust. J. Plant
Physiol., 3, 33-40.
Bodennec G., Gentien P., Parrish C.C., Arzul G., Youenou A., Crassous M.-P., 1995. Production of suspected lipid phycotoxins by
Gymnodmium cf. nagasakiense in batch cultures. In: Harmful Marine
Algal Blooms. Lassus et al. (eds.), Lavoisier, Paris, 407-412.
Erard-Le Denn E., Morlaix M., Dao J.-C., 1990. Effects of Gyrodinium
cf. aureolum on Pecten maximus. In: Toxic Marine Phytoplankton.
Granéli et al. (eds.), Elsevier, New York, 1.32-136.
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analyses of lipid extracts may provide a rapid screening method to
evaluate the potential toxicity of algal bloom samples through the
relative proportions of saturated and polyunsaturated constituents
within the free fatty acid chemical class.
Acknowledgments
This study is part of the Ifremer programme Efflorescences Algales Toxiques. It
was partly funded through a contribution from the French National Programme
on Harmful Algal Blooms (PNEAT) and a Research Grant from NSERC (Canada).
We are indebted to our colleagues G. Arzul and E. Erard-Le Denn for helpful information and comments on the manuscript.
Bibliographic references
Ackman R.G., 2000. Memoirs, a personal history. In: Marine lipids.
Baudimant G., Guézennec J., Roy P. & Samain J.-F. (eds). Ed.
Ifremer, Actes Colloq., 27, 9-14.
Adlerstein D., Bigogno C., Khozin I., Cohen Z., 1997. The effect of
growth temperature and culture density on the molecular species
composition of the galactolipids in the red microalga Porphyridiurn
cruentum (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol., 33, 975-979Arzul G., Gentien P., Bodennec G., Toularastel F., Youenou A., Crassous M.-P, 1995. Comparison of toxic effects in Gymnodinium cf.
nagasakiense polyunsaturated fatty acids. In: Harmful Marine Algal
Blooms. Lassus et al. (eds.), Lavoisier, Paris, 395-400.
Arzul G., Gentien P., Bodennec G., 2000. Potential toxicity of microalgal polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). In: Marine lipids. Baudimant G., Guézennec J., Roy P. & Samain J.-F. (eds). Éd. Ifremer,
Actes Colloq., 27, 53-62.
Bell M.V., Dick J.R., Pond D.W., 1997. Octadecapentaenoic acid in a raphidophyte alga, Heterosigma akashiwo. Phytochemistry, 45, .303-306.
Bishop D.G., Bain J.M., Downton W.J.S., 1976. Ultrastructure and lipid
composition of Zooxanthellae from Tridacina maxima. Aust. J. Plant
Physiol., 3, 33-40.
Bodennec G., Gentien P., Parrish C.C., Arzul G., Youenou A., Crassous M.-P., 1995. Production of suspected lipid phycotoxins by
Gymnodmium cf. nagasakiense in batch cultures. In: Harmful Marine
Algal Blooms. Lassus et al. (eds.), Lavoisier, Paris, 407-412.
Erard-Le Denn E., Morlaix M., Dao J.-C., 1990. Effects of Gyrodinium
cf. aureolum on Pecten maximus. In: Toxic Marine Phytoplankton.
Granéli et al. (eds.), Elsevier, New York, 1.32-136.
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