New fish-killing alga in coastal Delaware produces neurotoxins

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 465-470

  Bourdelais, Andrea J ^a   Tomas, Carmelo R ^a   Naar, Jerome ^a   Kubanek, Julia ^a   Baden, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevetoxins; Chattonella cf. verruculosa; Delaware; Fish kills; Harmful agal blooms

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SURFACE WATER;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPECTROSCOPY; UNITED STATES; WATER STANDARD;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; CHATTONELLA; CHATTONELLA VERRUCULOSA; CICONIIFORMES; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPHIDOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0036108467     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110465     Document Type: Article

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