Karenia brevis red tides, brevetoxins in the food web, and impacts on natural resources: Decadal advancements

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 598-607

  Landsberg, J H ^a   Flewelling, L J ^a   Naar, J ^b  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal mortalities; Brevetoxins; Decadal advancements; Effects; Food webs; Harmful algal blooms; Karenia brevis; Red tide; Toxin transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; KARENIA BREVIS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61549121088     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.11.010     Document Type: Review

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