Ciguatera poisoning in Rarotonga, southern Cook Islands

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-355

  Rongo, Teina ^a   van Woesik, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciguatera poisoning; Cook Islands; Disturbances; ENSO; PDO; Rarotonga

Indexed keywords

CIGUATERA;

EID: 79953027750     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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