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Benthic organisms such as mollusks and echinoderms, with different feeding habits, were collected monthly along the Portuguese coast from the summer of 2009 until the end of 2010. The extraction and analysis techniques were optimized and TTX and some analogues were detected for the first time in two intertidal gastropod species\u2014Gibbula umbilicalis and Monodonta lineata by LC-MS\/MS and UPLC-MS\/MS. Although the levels are low, these findings suggest that monitoring of TTX and analogues in North Atlantic species should be implemented so as to detect potentially new toxin vectors and seasonal and\/or geographical patterns.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md10040712","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]],"date-time":"2012-03-26T11:04:58Z","timestamp":1332759898000},"page":"712-726","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["New Gastropod Vectors and Tetrodotoxin Potential Expansion in Temperate Waters of the Atlantic Ocean"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Marisa","family":"Silva","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Center of Marine and Environmental Research\u2013CIMAR\/CIIMAR, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Joana","family":"Azevedo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Sciences, School of Health and Technology of Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia, 4400-330 Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Paula","family":"Rodriguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago of Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"given":"Amparo","family":"Alfonso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago of Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2153-6608","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luis M.","family":"Botana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary, University of Santiago of Compostela, 27002 Lugo, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3585-2417","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"V\u00edtor","family":"Vasconcelos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 4619-007 Porto, Portugal"},{"name":"Center of Marine and Environmental Research\u2013CIMAR\/CIIMAR, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas, 289, 4050-123 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,3,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"587","article-title":"Studies on the puffer fish toxin.","volume":"29","author":"Tahara","year":"1909","journal-title":"J. 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