Domoic acid contamination within eight representative species from the benthic food web of Monterey Bay, California, USA

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 367, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-47

  Kvitek, Rikk G ^a   Goldberg, Judah D ^b   Smith, G Jason ^c   Doucette, Gregory J ^d   Silver, Mary W ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nortek USA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Domoic acid; Food web; Harmful algal bloom; Pseudo nitzschia; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; AMINO ACID; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE POLLUTION; MUSTELID; SEABIRD; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AVES; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CARNIVORA; CITHARICHTHYS SORDIDUS; DENDRASTER EXCENTRICUS; EMERITA ANALOGA; ENHYDRA; NASSARIUS FOSSATUS; NEOTRYPAEA CALIFORNIENSIS; OLIVELLA BIPLICATA; OTARIIDAE; PAGURUS SAMUELIS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA AUSTRALIS; URECHIS CAUPO;

EID: 53949090558     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07569     Document Type: Article

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