Brevetoxin in two planktivorous fishes after exposure to Karenia brevis: Implications for food-web transfer to bottlenose dolphins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 356, Issue , 2008, Pages 251-258

  Hinton, Michael ^a   Ramsdell, John S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brevetoxin; Dolphin; Karenia brevis; Menhaden; Mullet; Red tide

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CLUPEOID; DINOFLAGELLATE; DOLPHIN; FOOD WEB; MORTALITY; MUSCLE; PERCIFORM; PLANKTIVORY; RED TIDE; TOXIN;

ALGAE; BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS; KARENIA BREVIS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; PISCES; TURSIOPS;

EID: 42249109160     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07267     Document Type: Article

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