Concurrent exposure of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) to multiple algal toxins in Sarasota Bay, Florida, USA

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Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Twiner, Michael J ^a,b   Fire, Spencer ^a   Schwacke, Lori ^a   Davidson, Leigh ^a   Wang, Zhihong ^a   Morton, Steve ^a   Roth, Stephen ^a   Balmer, Brian ^c   Rowles, Teresa K ^d   Wells, Randall S ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^c MOTE MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA TOXIN; BREVETOXIN; DOMOIC ACID; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; KAINIC ACID; MARINE TOXIN; OXOCIN DERIVATIVE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FISH; HARMFUL ALGA; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SNAIL; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOSINOPHIL; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; METABOLISM; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; GASTROPODA; KARENIA BREVIS; MAMMALIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMALS; BOTTLE-NOSED DOLPHIN; CELL COUNT; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EOSINOPHILS; FECES; FISHES; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; KAINIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MARINE TOXINS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXOCINS; SNAILS;

EID: 79952528767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017394     Document Type: Article

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