Table 1.
Morphological, molecular, toxicological and water mass characterization collected for Alexandrium pacificum bloom identification in Twofold Bay during the 2016 and 2018 sampling periods.
| Data Collected | 2016 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Morphological | ||
| Cell abundance | x | x |
| Strain isolation | x | |
| Light microscopy | x | x |
| Scanning electron microscopy | x | |
| Molecular | ||
| Amplicon Sequencing | x | |
| qPCR using species specific primers | x | |
| LSU rDNA of cultured strain | x | |
| SSU rDNA of cultured strain | x | |
| Toxicological | ||
| Toxin profile determination by LCMS/MS | x | |
| Mussel biotoxin test | x | x |
| Oceanographic conditions | ||
| Water mass characteristics | x | |
| Physicochemical parameters | x | |
| Nutrients | x |