Ecology and taxanomy of potential amnesic shellfish poising (ASP) causing diatom Pseudo-nitzschia species (bacillariophyceae) in Malaysian water

• Main Author: Su, Suriyanti Nyun Pau.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13486/1/Suriyanti%20%28ft%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13486/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) is a type of human intoxication due to consumption of contaminated shellfish with algal origin domoic acid (DA). In this study, seasonal occurrence of Pseudo-nitzschia species in two estuarine waters was investigated by plankton and water samplings for 30 months per...