Unveiling the Toxic Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 147
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Interests: harmful algae; subsistence shellfish harvesters; human health; biotoxin transfer; freshwater–marine continuum
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Interests: wildlife health; seabird health; harmful algae; biotoxin transfer; effects of oil on wildlife
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Dear Colleagues,
This is the second volume of the previous Special Issue, which collated several papers on the effects of harmful algal bloom toxins. Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are increasing in frequency and duration and are present in both marine and freshwater environments. While HABs have a variety of impacts, a subset produces toxins that damage human and wildlife health, causing economic harm to fisheries and directly leading to shellfish mortalities. A variety of human poisoning syndromes have a significant impact on HAB toxicity, but toxins affect every aspect of the coastal environment. This includes economic impacts on commercial and recreational fishing and aquaculture; impacts on subsistence harvests and harvesters; as well as impacts on ecological systems and wildlife. The transfer of toxins can be equally diverse and may include transfer along the freshwater–marine continuum.
This Special Issue of Toxins on “Unveiling the Toxic Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms”, examines the breadth of impacts that harmful algal toxins can have, ranging from human and wildlife health to economic harm. The documentation of new HAB poisoning syndromes and their direct impacts on subsistence harvesters and tribal nations is also of great interest.
Dr. Melissa Peacock
Dr. Corinne Gibble
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- harmful algal blooms
- human health
- biotoxins
- ichthyotoxicity
- shellfish harvesters
- economic impacts
- marine wildlife
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