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- Title
DOMOIC ACID CAUSES REPRODUCTIVE FAILURE IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS ( ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS).
- Authors
Brodie, Erin C.; Gulland, Frances M. D.; Greig, Denise J.; Hunter, Michele; Jaakola, Jackie; Leger, Judy St.; Leighfield, Tod A.; Van Dolah, Frances M.
- Abstract
The article examines the exposure of California sea lions to domoic acid (DA). DA is a potent excitatory neurotoxin produced by marine diatoms in the genus Pseudonitzschia that can affect humans and marine mammals. Large-scale mortality of California sea lions has occurred after ingestion of prey that fed on toxin-producing algae. Since 1998, hundreds of California sea lions have stranded alive along the California coast showing clinical signs and hematological and serum biochemical changes typical of DA toxicosis.
- Subjects
CALIFORNIA sea lion; SEA lions; DOMOIC acid; ALGAL toxins; MARINE toxins; NEUROTOXIC agents
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2006, Vol 22, Issue 3, p700
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1748-7692.2006.00045.x