NRL (marine biotoxins) procedures and links
Areas of Expertise:
Animal Health and Welfare,
Food Quality and Safety,
Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems
Service:
Diagnostic & Analytical
Procedures for sampling, transportation and external links
Procedures
- Collection of water samples for analysis of potential toxin producing phytoplankton cells
UK NRL Phytoplankton Collection SOP - Identification and enumeration of potential toxin-producing phytoplankton species in samples collected from UK coastal waters using the Utermöhl method
UK NRL Phytoplankton Enumeration SOP - Transport, reception and short term storage of bivalve molluscs, tunicates and echinoderms prior to testing for marine biotoxins in the UK's statutory biotoxin monitoring programmes
UK NRL Transport SOP - Quantitation of Amnesic Shellfish Poison in Shellfish by HPLC with UV Detection
UK NRL ASP SOP - Screening for the Presence of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish by pre-column oxidation and HPLC with fluorescence detection
UK NRL PSP Screen by HPLC - Quantitation of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Shellfish by pre-column oxidation and HPLC with fluorescence detection
UK NRL PSP HPLC QUANT SOP
External links
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS)Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Food Standards Agency (FSA), links to marine biotoxin monitoring results: