Development of a fatted male phenomenon in California sea lions

Detection of domoic acid in northern anc

Detection of domoic acid in northern anchovies and california sea lions associated with an unusual mortality event

✍ Kathi A. Lefebvre; Christine L. Powell; Mark Busman; Gregory J. Doucette; Peter 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 231 KB

The occurrence of an unusual mortality event involving California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) along the central California coast in May 1998 was recently reported. The potent neurotoxin domoic acid (DA), produced naturally by the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis and transmitted to the sea li