Short Paper Water temperature and salinity during the occurrence of Dinophysis fortii and D. acuminata in Kesennuma Bay, northern Japan.

Studies the impact of the water currents, temperature and salinity along the coastal areas of northern Japan on the occurrence of Dinophysis species, the causative plankton of diarrhetic shellfish poisoning. Collection of samples of the species and seawater along Kesennuma Bay; Determination and monitoring of inorganic concentration of nitrogen and phosphorus; Influences of salinity and the different environmental conditions to the appearance of the species.