Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins in North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis and their zooplankton prey in the Bay of Fundy, Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 303-313

  Doucette, G J ^a   Cembella, A D ^b   Martin, J L ^c   Michaud, J ^d   Cole, T V N ^e   Rolland, R M ^f  

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

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c ST ANDREWS BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f Central Wharf   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Biotoxin trophic transfer; Calanus; Eubalaena; Harmful algal blooms; North Atlantic right whale; PSP toxins; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; TOXIN; WHALE; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALGAE; BALAENIDAE; CALANUS; CALANUS FINMARCHICUS; CETACEA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUBALAENA; EUBALAENA GLACIALIS;

EID: 32644442278     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306303     Document Type: Article

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