Harmful Algae and Phycotoxins Information Links

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning: Canadian Food Inspection Agency food safety facts

PSP Biotoxins in British Columbia: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

PSP in Washington State: Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department

PSP in Shellfish: Washington State Department of Health 

PSP toxins in shellfish: Washington State University

PSP Toxins in Shellfish: Alaska Sea Grant

Jellett Rapid Testing Ltd.: Rapid screening tests for PSP (US FDA approved) and ASP toxins

Alexandrium spp. PCR Detection Kit: Produced by DIATHEVA, an independent biotechnological company (Fano, Italy)

PSP Monitoring Program: Harwich Phytoplankton Monitoring Program, Massachusetts, by Lynn Sherwood

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning: University of Miami NIEHS Marine and Freshwater Biomedical Sciences Center

Proliferation of dinoflagellates along the Catalan Coast (Spain): PhD thesis of Esther Garcés (in Spanish)

Alexandrium tamarense: IFREMER (in French)

Saxitoxin: Molecule of the Month, University of Sussex at Brighton, UK

Gymnodinium catenatum in New Zealand - a new problem for public health and the shellfish industry: An overview (as at March 2001) of the massive PSP-producing HAB that closed much of the West Coast of New Zealand from mid-2000 for 7-8 months, by L. Mackenzie and T. Beauchamp (pdf file: size 346 kb)

Identifying Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates: (2002) Smithsonian Institution Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, Volume 42:1-144 by Maria A. Faust and Rose A.  The guide is a taxonomic resource, lab manual and the most comprehensive reference source for identifying 48 HAB dinoflagellate species.  Contact Maria Faust about receiving a copy.

Contact: Stephen S. Bates