Temperature effects explain continental scale distribution of cyanobacterial toxins

• Main Author: Mantzouki, Evanthia
• Publication Date: 2018
• Other Authors: Lürling, Miquel, Fastner, Jutta, Domis, Lisette N. de Senerpont, Wilk-Woźniak, Elżbieta, Koreivienė, Judita, Seelen, Laura, Teurlincx, Sven, Verstijnen, Yvon, Krztoń, Wojciech, Walusiak, Edward, Szeląg-Wasielewska, Elżbieta, Beklioğlu, Meryem, Rothhaupt, Karl-Otto, Panou, Manthos, Straile, Dietmar, Domek, Piotr, Jakubowska-Krepska, Natalia, Kwasizur, Kinga, Messyasz, Beata, Noguero-Ribes, Jordi, Triantis, Theodoros, Stević, Filip, Pełechata, Aleksandra, Pełechaty, Mariusz, Filiz, Nur, Soylu, Elif Neyran, Levi, Eti E., Drastichova, Iveta, Duque, David Parreño, Fernández-Morán, Elísabeth, Karakaya, Nusret, Salmi, Pauliina, Avagianos, Christos, Pfeiffer, Tanja Žuna, Kaloudis, Triantafyllos, Vucelić, Itana Bokan, Iskin, Uğur, Bezirci, Gizem, Tavşanoğlu, Ülkü Nihan, Obrador, Biel, Pierson, Don, Özhan, Koray, Budzyńska, Agnieszka, Yang, Yang, Trapote, Mari Carmen, Çelik, Kemal, Yilmaz, Mete, Marcé, Rafael, Mazur-Marzec, Hanna, Tuvikene, Lea, Catalán, Núria, Rochera, Carlos, Gagala‐Borowska, Ilona, Vegas-Vilarrúbia, Teresa, Christoffersen, Kirsten Seestern, Raposeiro, Pedro M., Gonçalves, Vítor Manuel da Costa, Antoniou, Maria G., Moreno-Ostos, Enrique, Boscaini, Adriano, Tsiarta, Nikoletta, Plenković-Moraj, Anđelka, Flaim, Giovanna, Kobos, Justyna, Cillero-Castro, Carmen, Niedźwiecki, Michał, Mankiewicz-Boczek, Joana, Yağcı, Meral Apaydın, Çınar, Şakir, Romo, Susana, Geraldes, Ana Maria, Çapkın, Kadir, Vitonytė, Irma, Vasconcelos, Vítor, Hernández, Armand, Zervou, Sevasti-Kiriaki, Leira, Manel, Camacho, Antonio, Salmaso, Nico, Cerasino, Leonardo, Richardson, Jessica, Wasilewicz, Michał, Urrutia-Cordero, Pablo, Visser, Petra M., Warming, Trine Perlt, Bláha, Luděk, Hiskia, Anastasia, Ferriol, Carmen, Chomova, Lucia, Santamans, Anna C., Jasser, Iwona, Morais, João, Vale, Micaela, Köker, Latife, Goldyn, Ryszard, Akçaalan, Reyhan, Albay, Meriç, Haande, Sigrid, Pęczuła, Wojciech, Geriš, Rodan, Edwards, Christine, Bańkowska-Sobczak, Agnieszka, Nawrocka, Lidia, Frąk, Magdalena, Karosienė, Jūratė, Fránková, Markéta, Koçer, Mehmet Ali Turan, Alp, Mehmet Tahir, Skjelbred, Birger, Žutinić, Petar, Remec-Rekar, Spela, Elersek, Tina, Sevindik, Tuğba Ongun, Picazo, Antonio, Tunca, Hatice, Kokocinski, Mikolaj, Kasperovičienė, Jūratė, Madrecka‐Witkowska, Beata, Nemova, Hana, Machado-Vieira, Danielle, Udovič, Marija Gligora, Oliveira, Alinne Gurjão, Häggqvist, Kerstin, Önem, Burçin, Aleksovski, Boris, Krstić, Svetislav, Fakioglu, Özden, Grabowska, Magdalena, Savadova‐Ratkus, Ksenija, Karpowicz, Maciej, Gkelis, Spyros, Delgado-Martín, Jordi, García, David, Cereijo, Jose Luís, Mustonen, Kristiina, Pérez-Martínez, Carmen, Gomà, Joan, Bilgin, Fuat, Ramos‐Rodríguez, Eloísa, Bravo, Andrea G., Chmura, Damian, Úbeda, Bárbara, Gálvez, José Ángel, Panksep, Kristel, Blanco, José María, Özen, Arda, Maraşlıoğlu, Faruk, Rodríguez, Valeriano, Colom-Montero, William, McCarthy, Valerie, Arvola, Lauri, Alcaraz-Párraga, Pablo, Toporowska, Magdalena, Obertegger, Ulrike, Soria, Juan Miguel, Pawlik-Skowronska, Barbara, Fonvielle, Jeremy, Dunalska, Julita, Laas, Alo, Feldmann, Tõnu, Yağcı, Abdulkadir, Montes-Pérez, Jorge Juan, Palomino, Roberto L., Rodríguez-Pérez, Estela, Pasztaleniec, Agnieszka, Özkan, Korhan, Carballeira, Rafael, Buck, Moritz, Maliaka, Valentini, Uysal, Rahmi, García-Murcia, Ana, Bulut, Cafer, Verspagen, Jolanda M.H., Sieńska, Justyna, Szymański, Daniel, Kruk, Marek, Hansson, Lars-Anders, Kozak, Anna, Kostrzewska-Szlakowska, Iwona, Perello, Victor C., Rosińska, Joanna, Real, Monserrat, Ochocka, Agnieszka, Demir, Nilsun, Napiórkowska-Krzebietke, Agnieszka, Maronić, Dubravka Špoljarić, Kangro, Kersti, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Paerl, Hans W., Karan, Tünay, Carey, Cayelan C., Ibelings, Bastiaan W., Romans, Elvira, Cesur, Mehmet
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/17264
• topic: Microcystin; Anatoxin; Cylindrospermopsin; Temperature; Direct effects; European Multi Lake Survey

Insight into how environmental change determines the production and distribution of cyanobacterial toxins is necessary for risk assessment. Management guidelines currently focus on hepatotoxins (microcystins). Increasing attention is given to other classes, such as neurotoxins (e.g., anatoxin-a) and cytotoxins (e.g., cylindrospermopsin) due to their potency. Most studies examine the relationship between individual toxin variants and environmental factors, such as nutrients, temperature and light. In summer 2015, we collected samples across Europe to investigate the effect of nutrient and temperature gradients on the variability of toxin production at a continental scale. Direct and indirect effects of temperature were the main drivers of the spatial distribution in the toxins produced by the cyanobacterial community, the toxin concentrations and toxin quota. Generalized linear models showed that a Toxin Diversity Index (TDI) increased with latitude, while it decreased with water stability. Increases in TDI were explained through a significant increase in toxin variants such as MC-YR, anatoxin and cylindrospermopsin, accompanied by a decreasing presence of MC-LR. While global warming continues, the direct and indirect effects of increased lake temperatures will drive changes in the distribution of cyanobacterial toxins in Europe, potentially promoting selection of a few highly toxic species or strains.