Co-occurrence of multiple classes of harmful algal toxins in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) stranding during an unusual mortality event in Texas, USA

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-336

  Fire, Spencer E ^a   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Byrd, Meridith ^b   Whitehead, Heidi R ^c   Paternoster, Jeff ^a   Morton, Steve L ^a  

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

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotoxin; Bottlenose dolphin; Brevetoxin; Domoic acid; HAB; Harmful algal bloom; Okadaic acid; Tursiops truncatus; Unusual mortality event

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYSIS; MAMMALIA; PROROCENTRUM; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PUNGENS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 79451474438     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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