CASABIANCA , Silvia

Ostreopsis cf. ovata is a harmful benthic dinoflagellate, widespread along most of the Mediterranean coasts. It produces several toxins and variable amounts of mucus that may totally cover substrates, especially during the stationary phase of blooms, when cells are aggregated into a mucilaginous matrix. Studies on different aspects of the...

This paper describes the adoption and validation of two innovative methods for the automated count of Ostreopsis spp. concentration in sea water: a molecular assay based on RT-qPCR and an opto-electronic device implementing automatic recognition algorithms. The proposed approaches were tested on samples coming from different locations along the...

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