Evidence for a novel marine harmful algal bloom: Cyanotoxin (microcystin) transfer from land to sea otters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Miller, Melissa A ^a,b   Kudela, Raphael M ^b   Mekebri, Abdu ^a   Crane, Dave ^a   Oates, Stori C ^a   Tinker, M Timothy ^b   Staedler, Michelle ^c   Miller, Woutrina A ^d   Toy Choutka, Sharon ^a   Dominik, Clare ^e   Hardin, Dane ^e   Langlois, Gregg ^f   Murray, Michael ^c   Ward, Kim ^g   Jessup, David A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Applied Marine Sciences   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g California State Water Resources Control Board   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MICROCYSTIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOACCUMULATION; CARNIVORA; CLAM; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HEALTH HAZARD; INTOXICATION; INVERTEBRATE; LAKE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OYSTER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER; SEA OTTER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; OSTREIDAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; MICROCYSTINS; OTTERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77958593142     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012576     Document Type: Article

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