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Biosensors for the monitoring of harmful algal blooms

McPartlin, Daniel A, Loftus, Jonathan H, Crawley, Aoife S, Silke, Joe, Murphy, Caroline S, O’Kennedy, Richard J·2017·Current Opinion in Biotechnology

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Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are a major global concern due to their propensity to cause environmental damage, healthcare issues and economic losses. In particular, the presence of toxic phytoplankton is a cause for concern. Current HAB monitoring programs often involve laborious laboratory-based analysis at a high cost and with long turnaround times. The latter also hampers the potential to develop accurate and reliable models that can predict HAB occurrence. However, a promising solution for this issue may be in the form of remotely deployed biosensors, which can rapidly and continuously measure algal and toxin levels at the point-of-need (PON), at a low cost. This review summarises the issues HABs present, how they are difficult to monitor and recently developed biosensors that may improve HAB-monitoring challenges.

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Authors: McPartlin, D. A., Loftus, J. H., Crawley, A. S., Silke, J., Murphy, C. S., & O’Kennedy, R. J.
Affiliations: Dublin City University (IE)
Marine Institute (IE)
Corresponding author: O’Kennedy, Richard J
ORCID: McPartlin, Daniel A
Silke, Joe
O’Kennedy, Richard J
Venue: Current Opinion in Biotechnology
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-06
Volume: 45
Pages: 164-169
ISSN: 0958-1669 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.02.018
OpenAlex: W2624749504
Cited by: 51
References: 39
Citations by year: 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2
FWCI: 0.55
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
www.elsevier.com/legal/tdmrep-license (tdm)
Locations: Current Opinion in Biotechnology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Marine Institute Open Access Repository (Marine Institute) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Science Foundation Ireland (14/1A/2646)
Irish Research Council
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Biosensors and Analytical Detection
Keywords: harmful algal blooms, biosensors, toxic phytoplankton, HAB monitoring, remote sensing, algal toxins, continuous monitoring
MeSH terms: Environmental Monitoring, Phytoplankton, Biosensing Techniques, Harmful Algal Bloom

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