Harmful algal blooms (HABs) are diverse phenomena involving multiple. species and
classes of algae that occupy a broad range of habitats from lakes to oceans and produce a …

While the impacts of cigarette smoking on human health are widely known, a less
recognized impact of tobacco product use and disposal is environmental pollution. This …

Over the last decade, our understanding of the environmental controls on Pseudo-nitzschia
blooms and domoic acid (DA) production has matured. Pseudo-nitzschia have been found …

Current climate trends resulting in rapid declines in sea ice and increasing water
temperatures are likely to expand the northern geographic range and duration of favorable …

Lelong A., Hégaret H., Soudant P. and Bates SS 2012. Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae)
species, domoic acid and amnesic shellfish poisoning: revisiting previous paradigms …

Along the Pacific coast of North America, from Alaska to Mexico, harmful algal blooms
(HABs) have caused losses to natural resources and coastal economies, and have resulted …

The Miocene Pisco Formation, broadly exposed in the Ica Desert of southern Peru, is among
the most outstanding Cenozoic marine Fossil-Lagerstätten worldwide. It is renowned for its …

Domoic acid (DA), the causative agent for the human syndrome Amnesic Shellfish
Poisoning (ASP), is a potent, naturally occurring neurotoxin produced by common marine …

Blooms of the marine diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia that produce the neurotoxin domoic
acid have been documented with regularity along the coast of southern California since …

While large mass mortality events (MMEs) are well known for toothed whales, they have
been rare in baleen whales due to their less gregarious behavior. Although in most cases …