Impacts of Climate Change on the Biogeography of Three Amnesic Shellfish Toxin Producing Diatom Species.

ABSTRACT: Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are considered one of the main risks for marine ecosystems and human health worldwide. Climate change is projected to induce significant changes in species geographic distribution, and, in this sense, it is paramount to accurately predict how it will affect toxin-producing microalgae. In this context, the present study was intended to project the potential biogeographical changes in habitat suitability and occurrence distribution of three key amnesic shellfish toxin (AST)-producing diatom species (i.e., Pseudo-nitzschia australis, P. seriata, and P. fraudulenta) under four different climate change scenarios (i.e., RCP-2.6, 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5) up to 2050 and 2100. For this purpose, we applied species distribution models (SDMs) using four abiot

SUBMITTER: Borges FO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9863508 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature