Tetrodotoxin concentrations in Pleurobranchaea maculata: Temporal, spatial and individual variability from New Zealand Populations

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-176

  Wood, Susanna A ^a,b   Taylor, David I ^a   McNabb, Paul ^a,c   Walker, Jarrod ^d   Adamson, Janet ^a   Cary, Stephen Craig ^b  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geographic variability; Pleurobranchaea maculata; Temporal variability; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EGG LAYING; LARVA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEUROBRANCHAEA; PLEUROBRANCHAEA MACULATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

OPISTHOBRANCHIA; PLEUROBRANCHAEA;

EID: 84863414101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10010163     Document Type: Article

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