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Annual maximum cell numbers range from 1500\u201375,000 cells L\u22121 and over 25 years of weekly monitoring the D. acuminata bloom has never failed to exhibit peaks in abundance at some time between spring and autumn. During winter (June\u2013August) the dinoflagellate is often undetectable, or at low levels (\u2264100 cells L\u22121), and the risk of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP)-toxin contamination over this period is negligible. Bloom occurrence may be coupled to the abundance of D. acuminata prey (Mesodinium sp.) but the mechanism by which it maintains its long-term residence in this hydrologically dynamic environment is unknown. The toxin profile of D. acuminata is dominated by pectenotoxin-2 (PTX-2) and dinophysistoxin-1 (DTX-1), but the cellular toxin content is low. It is rare that free DTX-1 is detected in mussels as this is invariably exclusively present as fatty acid-esters. In only five out of &gt;2500 mussel samples over 16 years have the levels of total DTX-1 marginally exceeded the regulated level of 0.16 mg kg\u22121. It is also rare that free PTX-2 is detected in mussels, as it is generally only present in its hydrolysed non-toxic PTX-2 seco acid form. The D. acuminata alert level of 1000 cells L\u22121 is often exceeded without DTX-1 residues increasing appreciably, and this level is considered too conservative.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxins11020074","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,1]],"date-time":"2019-02-01T03:08:05Z","timestamp":1548990485000},"page":"74","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["A Long-Term Time Series of Dinophysis acuminata Blooms and Associated Shellfish Toxin Contamination in Port Underwood, Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Lincoln A.","family":"Mackenzie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cawthron Institute, 98 Halifax Street, Nelson 7010, New Zealand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1249","DOI":"10.2331\/suisan.44.1249","article-title":"Occurrence of a new type of shellfish poisoning in the Tohoku district","volume":"44","author":"Yasumoto","year":"1978","journal-title":"Bull. 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