Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans): A potential human health threat for ciguatera fish poisoning in tropical waters

Marine Drugs

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-97

  Robertson, Alison ^a,b   Garcia, Ana C ^a   Flores Quintana, Harold A ^a   Smith, Tyler B ^c   Castillo II, Bernard F ^c   Reale Munroe, Kynoch ^c   Gulli, Joseph A ^d   Olsen, David A ^e   Hooe Rollman, Jennifer I ^a   Jester, Edward L E ^a   Klimek, Brian J ^a,b   Plakas, Steven M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

^d Caribbean Oceanic Restoration and Education (CORE) Foundation   (United States)

^e St Thomas Fishermen's Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Caribbean ciguatoxins; Ciguatera fish poisoning; Lionfish; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CIGUATERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PTEROIS VOLITANS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TROPICS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIODIVERSITY; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIGUATERA POISONING; CIGUATOXINS; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FOOD SAFETY; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE TOXINS; MEAT; NEUROBLASTOMA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAFOOD; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY TESTS; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84892874427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md12010088     Document Type: Article

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