Rapid downward transport of the neurotoxin domoic acid in coastal waters

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-275

  Sekula Wood, Emily ^a   Schnetzer, Astrid ^b   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^a   Anderson, Clarissa ^c   Berelson, William M ^b   Brzezinski, Mark A ^d   Burns, Justina M ^a   Caron, David A ^b   Cetinic, Ivona ^b   Ferry, John L ^a   Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth ^b   Jones, Burton H ^b   Miller, Peter E ^c   Morton, Steve L ^e   Schaffner, Rebecca A ^f   Siegel, David A ^d   Thunell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^f SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA;

EID: 67649545140     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo472     Document Type: Article

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