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New Method Provides for Fast and Accurate Determination of Marine ...
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NCCOS scientists developed a new, effective method to ensure safe shellfish harvesting in Washington state, increasingly threatened by known and ...
Toxin Detection Technologies - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Toxin Detection Technologies NCCOS uses three detection strategies to accurately measure algal toxins despite the unique challenges. Our scientists ...
NCCOS Leads from Research to Application for Rapid Biotoxin Screening
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Biotechnology that harnesses the natural biochemical systems of animals can be used to detect pathogens and toxins in environmental samples. NCCOS has ...
An Early Warning System for Pseudo-nitzschia Harmful Algal Blooms on ...
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Led by scientists at the University of Washington’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science ...
Study Evaluates Technologies for Early Warning of Algal Toxins in ...
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Passive solid-phase adsorption toxin tracking, or SPATT, employs a synthetic resin contained in a mesh bag that adsorbs dissolved biotoxins from the ...
Monitoring and Management of Lipophilic Shellfish Toxins in Washington
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Lipid and fat soluble (lipophilic) algal toxins linked to diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and azaspiracid shellfish poisoning are emerging threats to ...
Co-occurrence of Different HAB Toxins Detected in Coastal Southern ...
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NCCOS-sponsored research has documented the presence of three harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins at seven different locations, about 18 to 33 miles ...
National Phytoplankton Monitoring Network - NCCOS
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Quality assurance and quality control of volunteer results is achieved using digital microscopy by members of the Marine Biotoxins Program. The NOAA ...
NOAA Helps Improve Alaskan Biotoxin Testing Program
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The ADEC requested phytoplankton monitoring be added to the new state biotoxins contingency plan following the detection by volunteers of Alexandrium ...
NCCOS Transfers Toxin Detection Method to Maine Start-Up Company to ...
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RAI LLC provides consulting and laboratory testing for marine biotoxins for governments, universities, researchers, and industry. Transfer of this ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Broadwater worked as a research scientist in the Marine Forensics and Marine Biotoxins Programs in Charleston, SC before joining the Competitive ...
Zhihong Wang - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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She makes efforts in combining sample preparation and LC-MS method as a whole for biotoxins detection with consistent instrumental sensitivity. Wang ...
Yessotoxins Responsible for Mass Shellfish Mortalities in Washington in ...
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Dying clams in Hood Canal (Rocky Bay, Washington, 2019). Credit: King et al, 2021. In the summers of 2018 and 2019, shellfish growers in Washington ...
Pacific Northwest Tribes Participate in NCCOS-hosted Toxin Monitoring ...
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Associated biotoxins can be taken up by shellfish and fish, resulting in foodborne illness, such as paralytic shellfish poisoning, in people and ...
Epidemiological Modeling and Outbreak Investigations for Marine ...
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Marine mammal mortality events have been linked to harmful algal bloom biotoxins, acoustic events, and infectious disease epidemics, but the ...
Risk of Toxic Shellfish on West Coast Increases with Water Temperature
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High levels of domoic acid, a shellfish toxin, are correlated with warmer ocean temperatures offshore of Oregon and Washington. An NCCOS-supported ...
Seaweeds Release Toxins Harmful to Marine Organisms
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A new study has found that compounds excreted by common coastal green seaweeds, or sea lettuce, detrimentally affect other organisms. The green ...
Prevalence of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Marine Food Webs of Prince ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/prevalence-of-paralytic-shellfish-toxins-in-marine-food-webs-of-prince-william-sound-and-kachemak-bay-alaska/
Saxitoxins (STXs) produced during Alexandrium Harmful Algal Blooms in Alaska accumulate in shellfish and cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) ...
Study of Freshwater Turtles to Improve Treatment of Toxins in Sea ...
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Project highlights: Freshwater turtles (e.g., the pond or red-eared slider. Trachemys scripta) were used as a surrogate animal system to model ...
Christina (Tina) Mikulski, MS - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Mikulski joined the Marine Biotoxins Program in 2000, splitting her time between work on algicidal bacteria and on characterization of unknown and ...