Sentences with phrase «ciguatera toxin»

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Such a strategy is in jeopardy, though, because the FDA added the lionfishes Pterois volitans and Pterois miles to their ciguatera watch list, a catalog of species that may contain the potentially fatal foodborne toxin, citing evidence that lionfish have positively tested for ciguatera.

Phytoplankton physiological ecology; red tides and other bloom phenomena; ciguatera; dinoflagellate toxins; dinoflagellate resting cysts; molecular and immunological probes; prediction; prevention, control, and mitigation strategies for harmful algal blooms.

The proliferation of algae and dinoflagellates during these warming events could increase the number of people affected by toxins (such as ciguatera) due to the consumption of marine food sources (Union des Comores, 2002; see also Chapter 16, Section 16.4.5).