First record of potentially toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium minutum Halim 1960, from Peruvian coastal

Authors

  • Maribel Baylón Departamento de Hidrobiología y Pesquería, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Apartado postal 110058, Lima 11, Perú.
  • Sonia Sánchez Laboratorio de Fitoplancton y Producción Primaria, Instituto del Mar del Perú (IMARPE). Esquina Gamarra y General Valle S/N, Chucuito, Callao, Perú.
  • Víctor Bárcena Laboratorio de Toxinas e Hidrobiología, Certificaciones del Perú S.A.
  • Juan López Laboratorio de Toxinas e Hidrobiología, Certificaciones del Perú S.A.
  • Enrique Mamani Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v22i1.11129

Keywords:

dinoflagellate, morphology, Alexandrium, algal blooms, Peru.

Abstract

Herein, we report the first record of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum Halim 1960 from the Peruvian littoral. Alexandrium minutum produced the algae bloom in March 2006 and February 2009, in the Callao bay. Its identification was carried out by a morpho-taxonomic examination, detailing their plates with light and epifluorescence microscopy, moreover its quantification was realized in sedimentation chambers. This is the first report of A. minutum for Southeast Pacific. The characteristics in size, shape and thecal morphology were similarly to original descriptions of this species.

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Published

04/24/2015

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2015)

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Baylón, Maribel, Sonia Sánchez, Víctor Bárcena, Juan López, and Enrique Mamani. 2015. “First Record of Potentially Toxic Dinoflagellate, Alexandrium Minutum Halim 1960, from Peruvian Coastal”. Revista Peruana De Biología 22 (1): 113-18. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v22i1.11129.