First spatial distribution of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates in the Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe and Martinique), Caribbean Sea
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Aurélie Boisnoir
Aurélie Boisnoir obtained a BSc Biology of Organisms (Université des Antilles), then a Master’s of Oceanography and Marine Environments (Université Pierre et Marie Curie). During her PhD funded by the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique she worked on the ecology of benthic dinoflagellates present in the French West Indies and on the trophic relationship of these microalgae and meiofauna. Currently, she works as a post-doc on genetics of phytoplankton (Algal Resources Collection, University of North Carolina Wilmington).
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Pierre-Yves Pascal
Pierre-Yves Pascal obtained his PhD in the Université of La Rochelle (France). After two post doctoral positions in Louisiana State University (USA) and Université des Antilles (French West Indies) he obtained a permanent position as a university lecturer in Guadeloupe (UA). His research is mainly focused on food web associated with meiofauna, from their diet to their role as food for other organisms in different marine environments from tropical to sub Antarctic areas.
Sophie Marro obtained a Bachelor of Science Biotechnology (University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis) and a permanent position as assistant research engineer at the Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche (France) in 2010. She works on the taxonomy of microphytoplankton, maintains the Mediterranean Culture Collection of Villefranche (MCCV) and is in charge of the laboratory’s flow cytometry platform.
After his PhD on chemical ecology of macroalgae, Rodolphe Lemée obtained a permanent position as lecturer in Pierre and Marie Curie University (Marine Station of Villefranche-sur-mer, France). He then developed research on microalgal diversity and ecology and now focuses on toxic benthic dinoflagellates in temperate and tropical areas. At present, he is Professor of Ecology at Sorbonne University and Director of the Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche (Sorbonne University and CNRS, France).
Abstract
For the first time, distribution and abundances (cells per gram of fresh macrophyte weight) of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates were studied around Guadeloupe (20 sites) and Martinique (six sites) islands (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). Benthic dinoflagellates were identified at the genus level and cell counts were undertaken on different host species of macroalgae and seagrasses. Abundance values of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates were one order of magnitude higher in Guadeloupe than in Martinique. The highest abundances of benthic dinoflagellates were found in the northern part of Guadeloupe Island, while their distribution was more homogeneous in Martinique. Ostreopsis was the dominant genus in Guadeloupe and Martinique. Regarding biotic substrate preferences, Phaeophyceae hosted the highest total abundances of benthic dinoflagellates on both islands, while the lowest total abundances were observed on Ulvophyceae in Guadeloupe and Florideophyceae in Martinique. The genus Gambierdiscus, known as the causal agent of the ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), developed on all macrophyte groups on both islands without showing any preferences towards biotic substrates. The presence of this potentially harmful dinoflagellate genus in both islands could explain the existence of local cases of CFP in Guadeloupe and Martinique islands.
About the authors
Aurélie Boisnoir obtained a BSc Biology of Organisms (Université des Antilles), then a Master’s of Oceanography and Marine Environments (Université Pierre et Marie Curie). During her PhD funded by the Collectivité Territoriale de Martinique she worked on the ecology of benthic dinoflagellates present in the French West Indies and on the trophic relationship of these microalgae and meiofauna. Currently, she works as a post-doc on genetics of phytoplankton (Algal Resources Collection, University of North Carolina Wilmington).
Pierre-Yves Pascal obtained his PhD in the Université of La Rochelle (France). After two post doctoral positions in Louisiana State University (USA) and Université des Antilles (French West Indies) he obtained a permanent position as a university lecturer in Guadeloupe (UA). His research is mainly focused on food web associated with meiofauna, from their diet to their role as food for other organisms in different marine environments from tropical to sub Antarctic areas.
Sophie Marro obtained a Bachelor of Science Biotechnology (University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis) and a permanent position as assistant research engineer at the Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche (France) in 2010. She works on the taxonomy of microphytoplankton, maintains the Mediterranean Culture Collection of Villefranche (MCCV) and is in charge of the laboratory’s flow cytometry platform.
After his PhD on chemical ecology of macroalgae, Rodolphe Lemée obtained a permanent position as lecturer in Pierre and Marie Curie University (Marine Station of Villefranche-sur-mer, France). He then developed research on microalgal diversity and ecology and now focuses on toxic benthic dinoflagellates in temperate and tropical areas. At present, he is Professor of Ecology at Sorbonne University and Director of the Oceanographic Laboratory of Villefranche (Sorbonne University and CNRS, France).
Acknowledgments
This study was carried out in the PROLITENSAN project, funded by the “Fondation de France” and by the Territorial Collectivity of Martinique. We are grateful to Dr. Florence Rousseau from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France) for her help in macrophyte identification. Thanks to the health surveillance group of the Health Agency (Martinique) for their trust and exchange of data. Most authors are part of the GDR PhycoTox (Ifremer and CNRS National Research Group).
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- In this issue
- Physiology and ecology
- Application of deep learning techniques for determining the spatial extent and classification of seagrass beds, Trang, Thailand
- First spatial distribution of potentially toxic benthic dinoflagellates in the Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe and Martinique), Caribbean Sea
- A comparative analysis of the organic and inorganic carbon content of Halimeda and Penicillus (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) in a coastal subtropical lagoon
- Taxonomy/phylogeny and biogeography
- Updates on Section Pseudo-opuntia of Halimeda: phylogenetic analyses of H. soniae sp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) along the Brazilian coast
- Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. XII: additions to the flora
- Molecular and morphological reappraisal of Spyridiocolax capixabus (Spyridiaceae, Rhodophyta), a rare endemic parasite from Brazil
- Fourth addendum to the synoptic review of red algal genera
- Genomics
- Comparison of proteomic profiles of the phaeophyte Saccharina japonica thalli proximal to and beneath the front of epiphytic hydrozoan colonies against healthy tissue
- Chemistry and applications
- First insight into the phenolic content of Spartina maritima: isolation, characterization and quantification of four C-glycosidic flavonoids
