Food risks associated with ciguatoxins: monitoring and tracking the toxins and toxin-producing organisms in marine ecosystems (CIGUARISK). This project focuses on the risk characterization of ciguatera food poisoning in the Balearic Island and the Canary Island.
SubProject 1: Spatio-temporal dynamics of ciguatoxin-producing microalgae in marine ecosystems and transfer of ciguatoxins through the food web (CIGUATROFIC)
SubProject 2: Ciguatoxin in food web: a controlled study of bioaccumulation in fish species (CIGUAFOOD)
The partners belong to five research centers from three national institutions from Spain:
IRTA, ULPG, Banco Español de Algas, IUSA, OCHABs, IDAEA-CSIC
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
