Trophic transfer of the harmful algal toxin domoic acid as a cause of death in a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) stranding in southern California

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-350

  Fire, Spencer E ^a   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Berman, Michelle ^b   Langlois, Gregg W ^c   Morton, Steve L ^a   Sekula Wood, Emily ^d   Benitez Nelson, Claudia R ^d  

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

^b SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algal toxin; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Domoic acid; Harmful algal bloom; Marine mammal; Minke whale; Stranding

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; CELL ORGANELLE; DIATOM; MORTALITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; STRANDING; TOXIN; WHALE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; CETACEA; ENGRAULIDAE; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; MAMMALIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 78649931866     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.36.4.2010.342     Document Type: Article

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