Journal of Environmental Biology

Impact of harmful algal blooms on wild and cultured

animals in the Gulf of California

Author Details

rick J. N??ez-V?zquez (Corresponding author)

Investigacion para la Conservacion y el Desarrollo, A.C. (INCODE) La Paz B.C.S. 23080, Mexico

e-mail: enunez04@cibnor.mx, erick@incodeac.org

Ismael G?rate-Lizarraga

Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas

(CICIMAR-IPN), Apdo. Postal 592. La Paz, B.C.S. 23000. Mexico

Christine J. Band-Schmidt

Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas

(CICIMAR-IPN), Apdo. Postal 592. La Paz, B.C.S. 23000. Mexico

A. Cordero-Tapia

Investigaci?n para la Conservacion y el Desarrollo, A.C. (INCODE) La Paz B.C.S. 23080. M?xico

David J. Lopez-Cortes

Centro de Investigaciones Biol?gicas del Noroeste S.C. (CIBNOR) Apdo. Postal. 128. La Paz,

B. C.S. 23000, Mexico

Francisco E. Hernandez Sandoval^{???????????????}

Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas

(CICIMAR-IPN), Apdo. Postal 592. La Paz, B.C.S. 23000. Mexico

Alejandra Heredia-Tapia

Departamento de Plancton y Ecologia Marina. Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas

(CICIMAR-IPN), Apdo. Postal 592. La Paz, B.C.S. 23000. Mexico

Jose J. Bustillos-Guzman

Centro de Investigaciones Biol?gicas del Noroeste S.C. (CIBNOR) Apdo. Postal. 128. La Paz,

B. C.S. 23000, Mexico

Publication Data

Paper received:

26 September 2009

Revised received:

27 July 2009

Accepted:

23 September 2010

Abstract

Historical documents and classic works together with recent specialized literature have described Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in the Gulf of California. This is a review of HABs impact (qualitative and quantitative) during the last decades in the Gulf of California on wild (mammals, birds, fishes, and invertebrates) and cultured animals (shrimps and fishes). Microalgal species responsible of noxious effects are Noctiluca scintillans, Cochlodinium polykrikoides, Gymnodinium catenatum, Prorocentrum minimum, Akashiwo sanguinea, Chattonella subsalsa Ch. marina, Chattonella sp., Heterocapsa sp., Dinophysis sp., Fibrocapsa japonica, Heterosigma akashiwo, Thalassiosira sp., Chaetoceros spp., Pseudo-nitzschia australis, P. fraudulenta, Pseudo-nitzschia sp., Trichodesmium erythraeum and Schizotrix calcicola. Emphasis is given to the necessity to continue with interdisciplinary studies in oceanography, ecology, toxicology and toxinology interrelated with biomedical sciences such as physiology, pathology, epidemiology and animal health.

Key words

Animal health, Aquaculture, Harmful algal blooms, Impact, Wildlife

Copyright ? 2011 Triveni Enterprises. All rights reserved. No part of the Journal can be reproduced in any form without prior permission. Responsibility regarding the authenticity of the data, and the acceptability of the conclusions enforced or derived, rest completely with the author(s).