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Clausing, Rachel J.; Losen, Barbara; Oberhaensli, Francois R.; Darius, H. Taiana; Sibat, Manoella; Hess, Philipp; Swarzenski, Peter W.; Chinain, Mireille; Bottein, Marie-yasmine Dechraoui. |
Ciguatoxins (CTXs) are potent algal toxins that cause widespread ciguatera poisoning and are found ubiquitously in coral reef food webs. Here we developed an environmentally-relevant, experimental model of CTX trophic transfer involving dietary exposure of herbivorous fish to the CTX-producing microalgae Gambierdiscus polynesiensis. Juvenile Naso brevirostris were fed a gel-food embedded with microalgae for 16 weeks (89 cells g.1 fish daily, 0.4 ¦Ìg CTX3C equiv kg.1 fish). CTXs in muscle tissue were detectable after 2 weeks at levels above the threshold for human intoxication (1.2 ¡À 0.2 ¦Ìg CTX3C equiv kg.1). Although tissue CTX concentrations stabilized after 8 weeks (¡«3 ¡À 0.5 ¦Ìg CTX3C equiv kg.1), muscle toxin burden (total ¦Ìg CTX in muscle tissue)... |
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Palavras-chave: Ciguatoxin; Bioaccumulation; Growth dilution; Trophic transfer; Herbivorous fish; Experimental model. |
Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00442/55339/60476.pdf |
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