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General

Dataset Name: Toxic Algae Project (TAP), monitoring potentially toxic species of Dinoflagellates in Gulf of Trieste (Italy) 1991-93
Data Holding Centre: University of Trieste, Department of Biology
Time Period: period of sampling: October 1991 - April 1993 (available data period at present: October 1991 to September 1992)
Start Date: 1991-01-01
End Date: 1993-12-31
Project

Summary: Toxic Algae - The aim of this work is the monitoring of potentially toxic species of Dinoflagellates (particular attention to genus Dinophysis) at 5 sampling sites (P.ta Sdobba, Sistiana, S. Croce, Miramare, P.ta Sottile) in the Gulf of Trieste. The monitoring of toxic algae is carried out from October 1991 to April 1993. At each station environmental parameters are determined and horizontal, vertical net samples are taken for a qualitative study. Bottle samples for quantitative analyses are collected at surface, 5m and 10m. Cores of sediments are collected for cysts study. The samples have been collected monthly during the winter; twice a month during the spring-summer period.
Originator: University of Trieste, Department of Biology
References: Relationship between Dinophysis sp.p. in seawater and DSP toxins in mussels in the Northern Adriatic Sea. In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton Ed. by T. J. Smayda and Y. Shimizu 1994-01-01, R. Della Loggia; M. Cabrini, P. Del Negro, G. Honsell and A. Tubaro -, (in press).

Availability: by negotiation
Organization: University of Trieste, Department of Biology
Contact: Bressan G.
Address: University of Trieste, Department of Biology; Trieste; 34127; Italy; sdn-userdesk@seadatanet.org; http://www.univ.trieste.it/~biologia/