4 Alexandrium spp.: genetic and ecological factors influencing saxitoxin production and proliferation

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1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. 1 Variability and trends of global sea ice cover and sea level: effects on physicochemical parameters 1
5. 2 New techniques in environment monitoring 35
6. 3 Responses of marine animals to ocean acidification 107
7. 4 Alexandrium spp.: genetic and ecological factors influencing saxitoxin production and proliferation 133
8. 5 Potential effects of climate change on cyanobacterial toxin production 167
9. 6 Harmful marine algal blooms and climate change: progress on a formidable predictive challenge 195
10. 7 Global warming, climate patterns and toxic cyanobacteria 209
11. 8 Human impact in Mediterranean coastal ecosystems and climate change: emerging toxins 253
12. 9 Gambierdiscus, the cause of ciguatera fish poisoning: an increased human health threat influenced by climate change 303
13. 10 Ciguatera poisoning: an increasing burden for Pacific island communities in light of climate change? 369
14. 11 Control and management of harmful algal blooms 429
15. 12 Multifaceted climatic change and nutrient effects on harmful algae require multifaceted models 473
16. 13 Global climate change profile and its possible effects on the reproductive cycle, sex expression and sex change of shellfish as marine toxin vectors 519
17. 14 Effects on world food production and security 579
18. 15 From science to policy: dynamic adaptation of legal regulations on aquatic biotoxins 607
19. Index 655