Production and toxicity of the marine biotoxin domoic acid and its effects on wildlife: A review

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-567

  Bejarano, Adriana C ^a   VanDola, Frances M ^a   Gulland, Frances M ^b   Rowles, Teresa K ^c   Schwacke, Lori H ^a  

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

^b THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Domoic acid; Marine biotoxin; Pseudo nitzschia; Toxic algal blooms; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 45849123493     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030802074220     Document Type: Review

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