An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10,366-10,376

  McCabe, Ryan M ^a   Hickey, Barbara M ^b   Kudela, Raphael M ^c   Lefebvre, Kathi A ^d   Adams, Nicolaus G ^d   Bill, Brian D ^d   Gulland, Frances M D ^e   Thomson, Richard E ^f   Cochlan, William P ^g   Trainer, Vera L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domoic acid; harmful algal bloom; Pseudo nitzschia australis; toxin; upwelling; warm anomaly

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; NUTRIENTS; SHELLFISH;

DOMOIC ACID; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; TOXIN; UPWELLING; WARM ANOMALY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALGAL BLOOM; CRAB FISHERY; DIATOM; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TOXIC MATERIAL; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXIN; UPWELLING;

DUNGENESS; ENGLAND; KENT; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CANCER MAGISTER; CANCRIDAE; MAMMALIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA AUSTRALIS; SOLENIDAE;

EID: 84988615293     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070023     Document Type: Article

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