Marine Biotoxins and Seafood Poisoning
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine and Freshwater Toxins".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2019) | Viewed by 53437
Special Issue Editors
Interests: harmful algal blooms; marine toxins
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Interests: climate change and chemical contaminants in seafood; contaminant levels and toxicity of contaminants in seafood; consumer risks and benefits; mitigation strategies to reduce contaminant levels in seafood
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Worldwide, mollusks and fish may be contaminated by marine toxins (MT) due to the seasonal presence of marine-toxin-producing microalgae. The prevalence of MT has increased globally and the occurrence of MT in temperate regions of tropical areas is nowadays a reality, likely due to climate change. Epidemiological studies are scarce and risk characterization is needed, particularly for emerging toxins. In addition, the economic burden to seafood producers caused by the closure of production areas and insecurity urges the implementation of fast screening tools and the development of predictive modeling tools for stakeholders. Therefore, it is critical to enhance collaborative multi and trans disciplinary actions to introduce innovative strategies to improve shellfish and fish safety and to strengthen industrial competitiveness by developing sensor devices for MT detection and implementing mitigation strategies through processing. Innovative toxicological approaches for seafood safety evaluation are also requested.
Dr. Pedro Reis Costa
Dr. Jorge Diogène
Dr. Antonio Marques
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Ciguatoxins
- Tetrodotoxins
- PSPs
- DSPs
- ASPs
- fast screening methods
- climate change
- epidemiology
- risk characterization
- bio-accessibility/cooking
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