Brevetoxin exposure in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) associated with Karenia brevis blooms in Sarasota Bay, Florida

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Fire, Spencer E ^a,b   Fauquier, Deborah ^a   Flewelling, Leanne J ^c   Henry, Michael ^a   Naar, Jerome ^d   Pierce, Richard ^a   Wells, Randall S ^a  

^a MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOLPHIN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOXIN;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SARASOTA BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; KARENIA BREVIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 34548131992     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0733-x     Document Type: Article

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