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  • Title: Toxic Alexandrium catenella expanding northward along the Chilean coast: New risk of paralytic shellfish poisoning off the Bío-Bío region (36° S).
    Author: Paredes-Mella J, Mardones JI, Norambuena L, Fuenzalida G, Labra G, Espinoza-González O, Guzmán L.
    Journal: Mar Pollut Bull; 2021 Nov; 172():112783. PubMed ID: 34365161.
    Abstract:
    In Chile, the toxic dinoflagellate A. catenella shows an apparent oceanic range expansion from south to the north since its first detection in 1972 in the Magallanes Region (56° S). Until 2017, A. catenella detections were restricted to a geographic area between Magallanes to Los Rios Regions (40° S). The establishment of a monitoring program in the offshore Pacific coast allowed the detection of A. catenella between 2018 and 2019 in northern areas off the Bío-Bío Region (36°S). Monoclonal cultures established from the Bío-Bío coast were genetically identified, and PSTs screened. Phylogenetic analyses determined that the Bío-Bío isolates aggregated in Group I ribotype (previously A. tamarense or A. fundyense) and the presence of PSTs analogs were confirmed. It is the northernmost detection of the toxic dinoflagellate A. catenella in the Pacific coast of Chile. These results have important implications for species monitoring and governmental management in the Bío-Bío Region.
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