Harmful algae and their potential impacts on desalination operations off southern California

DA Caron, MÈ Garneau, E Seubert, MDA Howard… - water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis (RO) is a reliable method for augmenting
drinking water supplies. In recent years, the number and size of these water projects have …

The distribution and impacts of harmful algal bloom species in eastern boundary upwelling systems

VL Trainer, GC Pitcher, B Reguera… - Progress in oceanography, 2010 - Elsevier
Comparison of harmful algal bloom (HAB) species in eastern boundary upwelling systems,
specifically species composition, bloom densities, toxin concentrations and impacts are …

Predicting potentially toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia blooms in the Chesapeake Bay

CR Anderson, MRP Sapiano, MBK Prasad… - Journal of Marine …, 2010 - Elsevier
Harmful algal blooms are now recognized as a significant threat to the Chesapeake Bay as
they can severely compromise the economic viability of important recreational and …

Analytical approaches for an important shellfish poisoning agent: Domoic acid

Y He, A Fekete, G Chen, M Harir, L Zhang… - Journal of agricultural …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxic amino acid produced by some strains of phytoplankton, is
responsible for the human toxic syndrome amnesic shellfish poisoning. This exocitotoxin …

Application of Solid Phase Adsorption Toxin Tracking (SPATT) for field detection of the hydrophilic phycotoxins domoic acid and saxitoxin in coastal California

JQ Lane, CM Roddam, GW Langlois… - Limnology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Recent publications have identified the analysis of phycotoxins in sentinel shellfish as a
problematic tool for environmental monitoring purposes. Domoic acid (DA), a neurotoxin …

Complexity of domoic acid-related sea lion strandings in Monterey Bay, California: foraging patterns, climate events, and toxic blooms

S Bargu, M Silver, T Goldstein, K Roberts… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
The neurotoxin domoic acid (DA) produced by the diatoms Pseudo-nitzschia has been
responsible for deaths of marine mammals and birds in Monterey Bay, California, USA. In …

Santa Barbara Basin diatom and silicoflagellate response to global climate anomalies during the past 2200 years

JA Barron, D Bukry, D Field - Quaternary International, 2010 - Elsevier
Santa Barbara Basin (SBB) diatom and silicoflagellate assemblages are quantified from a
box core record spanning AD 1940–2001 and an Ocean Drilling Program Hole 893A record …

Environmental risk factors for temporal lobe epilepsy–Is prenatal exposure to the marine algal neurotoxin domoic acid a potentially preventable cause?

I Stewart - Medical Hypotheses, 2010 - Elsevier
Temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE-HS) is one of the more common
forms of chronic epilepsy. Its aetiology is unknown, though an early developmental insult is …

[PDF][PDF] Algal blooms and zooplankton standing crop along the southwest coast of India

KB Padmakumar, NR Menon - 2010 - conference.cusat.ac.in
5.1 Introduction lgal blooms occurring in the Arabian Sea is of very trophic and ecological
significance. The Arabian sea is considered to be one of the most productive seas in the …

[PDF][PDF] Floraciones de microalgas tóxicas en la región de Aysén y su relación con larvas de peces

M SEGUEL, A SFEIR, V ALBORNOZ - Ciencia y Tecnología del Mar, 2010 - redalyc.org
Los eventos producidos por microalgas tóxicas son recurrentes en la Región de Aysén,
causando un impacto económico, debido al cierre de las áreas de extracción de los …