Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

Nature

Volumn 403, Issue 6765, 2000, Pages 80-84

  Scholin, Christopher A ^a   Gulland, Frances ^b   Doucette, Gregory J ^c   Benson, Scott ^d   Busman, Mark ^c   Chavez, Francisco P ^a   Cordaro, Joe ^e   DeLong, Robert ^f   De Vogelaere, Andrew ^g   Harvey, James ^d   Haulena, Martin ^b   Lefebvre, Kathi ^h   Lipscomb, Tom ⁱ   Loscutoff, Susan ^j   Lowenstine, Linda J ^k   Marin III, Roman ^a   Miller, Peter E ^a   McLellan, William A ^l   Moeller, Peter D R ^c   Powell, Christine L ^c   Rowles, Teri ^m   Silvagni, Paul ^k   Silver, Mary ^h   Spraker, Terry ⁿ   Trainer, Vera ^o   Van Dolah, Frances M ^c   more..

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND BIOMOLECULAR RESEARCH   (United States)

^d MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^g Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^j CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^m NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

ⁿ Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^o NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMOIC ACID; NEUROTOXIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; DIATOM; MASS MORTALITY; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; FISH; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; MUSSEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIATOMS; EUTROPHICATION; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; KAINIC ACID; MARINE TOXINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NEUROTOXINS; POISONING; SEA LIONS;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANCHOA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; MAMMALIA; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NITZSCHIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA AUSTRALIS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 0034610801     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/47481     Document Type: Article

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