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Title:Temperature effects explain continental scale distribution of cyanobacterial toxins
Authors:ID Mantzouki, Evanthia (Author)
ID Eleršek, Tina (Author)
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URL URL - Source URL, visit https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10040156
 
Language:English
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:Logo NIB - National Institute of Biology
Abstract:nsight into how environmental change determines the production and distribution of cyanobacterial toxins is necessary for risk assessment. Management guidelines currently focus on hepatotoxins (microcystins). Increasing attention is given to other classes, such as neurotoxins (e.g., anatoxin-a) and cytotoxins (e.g., cylindrospermopsin) due to their potency. Most studies examine the relationship between individual toxin variants and environmental factors, such as nutrients, temperature and light. In summer 2015, we collected samples across Europe to investigate the effect of nutrient and temperature gradients on the variability of toxin production at a continental scale. Direct and indirect effects of temperature were the main drivers of the spatial distribution in the toxins produced by the cyanobacterial community, the toxin concentrations and toxin quota. Generalized linear models showed that a Toxin Diversity Index (TDI) increased with latitude, while it decreased with water stability. Increases in TDI were explained through a significant increase in toxin variants such as MC-YR, anatoxin and cylindrospermopsin, accompanied by a decreasing presence of MC-LR. While global warming continues, the direct and indirect effects of increased lake temperatures will drive changes in the distribution of cyanobacterial toxins in Europe, potentially promoting selection of a few highly toxic species or strains.
Keywords:microcystin, anatoxin, cylindrospermopsin, temperature, direct effects, indirect effects, spatial distribution, European Multi Lake Survey
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:13.04.2018
Year of publishing:2018
Number of pages:str. 1-24
Numbering:Vol. 10, no. 4
PID:20.500.12556/DiRROS-19642 New window
UDC:577
ISSN on article:2072-6651
DOI:10.3390/toxins10040156 New window
COBISS.SI-ID:4673615 New window
Note:Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 17. 4. 2018;
Publication date in DiRROS:24.07.2024
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Record is a part of a journal

Title:Toxins : Elektronski vir
Shortened title:Toxins
Publisher:MDPI
ISSN:2072-6651
COBISS.SI-ID:517594649 New window

Document is financed by a project

Funder:EC - European Commission
Funding programme:COST Action
Project number:ES 1105
Name:Cyanobacterial blooms and toxins in water resources: Occurrence impacts and management
Acronym:CYANOCOST

Funder:EC - European Commission
Funding programme:COST action
Project number:ES 1201
Name:Networking Lake Observatories in Europe
Acronym:NETLAKE

Funder:Other - Other funder or multiple funders
Funding programme:Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI)

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