Lucas Zaccagnini

Université de Bretagne Occidentale | UBO · Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer (IUEM)

Seamounts are known as biodiversity hotspots and important breeding and feeding areas for pelagic shark species. But they are fragile ecosystems and often overexploited. The Navigator Seamount located on the Yurupari Ridge in the Colombian Pacific Ocean, north of the Malpelo Marine Protected Area, appears to be already exploited and has never been...

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) of toxic species of the dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis are a threat to human health as they are mainly responsible for diarrheic shellfish poisoning (DSP) in the consumers of contaminated shellfish. Such contamination leads to shellfish farm closures causing major economic and social issues. The direct effects of numero...