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Sources of paralytic shellfish toxin accumulation variability in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology - 15 Mar 2018
Pousse Émilien, Flye-Sainte-Marie Jonathan, Alunno-Bruscia Marianne, Hégaret Hélène, Jean Fred
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to assess the contribution of feeding behavior to inter-individual variability of paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) accumulation in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. For this purpose 42 oysters were exposed for 2 days to non-toxic algae and then for 2 other days to the PST producer Alexandrium minutum. Individual clearance rate (CR) of oysters was continuously monitored over the 4 days...
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