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MEPS 201:155-163 (2000)
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Abstract
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Zooplankton as a potential vector of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxins through the food web
I. Maneiro1,*, M. Frangópulos1, C. Guisande1, M. Fernández2, B. Reguera3, I. Riveiro1
1Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Vigo, Aptdo. 874, 36200 Vigo, Spain
2Laboratorio de Sanidad Exterior de Vigo, European Community Reference Laboratory on Marine Biotoxins, Estación Marítima s/n, 36271 Vigo, Spain
3Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Costero de Vigo, Aptdo. 1552, 36280 Vigo, Spain
*E-mail: imaneiro@uvigo.es
ABSTRACT: This study was carried out during an autumn bloom of Dinophysis acuminata in the Galician Rías Bajas (NW Spain). The main objective was to determine whether any of the predominant zooplankton species could ingest and transfer toxins
through the pelagic food web. Grazing experiments showed that the copepods Temora longicornis and Oithona nana and the tintinnid Favella serrata fed on Dinophysis spp. whereas the copepods Acartia clausi and Euterpina
acutifrons did not. However, only F. serrata seem to profit from the ingestion of the toxic dinoflagellates. Field populations of F. serrata increased whereas T. longicornis and O. nana densities declined after the toxic
outbreak. Okadaic acid content found in the seston size fractions 100-200, 200-300 and 300-1000 µm showed a good correlation with F. serrata. These results confirm the hypothesis that tintinnids can transfer dinoflagellates toxins to higher trophic
levels in the pelagic food web. The importance of faecal pellets with undigested dinoflagellates as an alternative pathway to transmit toxins to pelagic or benthic organisms is mentioned.
KEY WORDS: Zooplankton · Dinoflagellates · Toxins · Dinophysis spp. · DSP · Ingestion rates
Full text in pdf format
Published in MEPS Vol.
201
(2000) on August 9
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2000
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