Ecology and seasonality of Pseudo-nitzschia species (Bacillariophyceae) in the northwestern Adriatic Sea over a 30-year period (1988-2020)

The ecology and seasonality of Pseudo-nitzschia species and their contribution to the phytoplankton community were analysed for the first time at the coastal station of the LTER-Senigallia-Susak transect (north-western Adriatic Sea) from 1988 to 2020. Species composition was addressed using DNA sequence data obtained from 106 monoclonal strains isolated from January 2018 to January 2020.