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Aggression is a Symptom of Domoic Acid Poisoning in California Sea Lions
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Increasing numbers of California sea lions are becoming sick each year from ingesting domoic acid, a neurotoxin that accumulates in the fish and ...
NCCOS Funds Response to Marine Mammal Mortality Event Occurring in ...
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By August 30, more than 60 California sea lions had been rescued, and ten deceased animals, including sea lions, northern fur seals, and dolphins ...
National Analytical Response to Harmful Algal Bloom–Related Marine ...
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For example, a massive die-off of sea lions in California in 1998 was the first evidence that HAB toxins have extensive impacts to marine animals in ...
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Abstract: California sea lions have been a repeated subject of investigation for early life toxicity, which has been documented to occur in mass ...
Marine Mammal Strandings in Southern California Prompt Harmful Algal ...
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Stranded sea lions, dolphins, and other marine mammals can be reported to the West Coast Region Stranding Hotline: (866) 767-6114. For stranded live ...
NCCOS Research Shows Animals in the Womb Retain Algal Toxin
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Sea lions suffering from neurotoxic poisoning usually show no interest in their young, and even attack them when they try to suckle. Photograph by ...
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These poisonings are not limited to sea lions, which serve as readily observed sentinels for other marine animals that strand during domoic acid ...
Mobile Rapid Pathogen Test for Leptospira in California Sea Lions ...
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Leptospirosis, a bacterial disease spread through urine, is a zoonotic disease and left untreated can cause liver and kidney damage, and death ...
DNA Microarray Tool Successfully Identifies Domoic Acid Toxicity in ...
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Domoic acid is neurotoxin produced by the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis that accumulates in the prey of sea lions and causes lethargy ...
Hand-held Sensor for Domoic Acid Poisoning of Marine Mammals
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It has been identified in birds, pinnipeds (seals, sea lions) and cetaceans (whales, dolphins) in nearly all U.S. coastal waters, with regular and ...
Epileptic Disease Origins in the California Sea Lion
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A 2002 domoic acid (DA) producing algal bloom caused a poisoning event at the Channel Island’s National Marine Sanctuary, leading to deaths of nearly ...
NCCOS Responds to Southern California Harmful Algal Bloom Event
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Sea lions in Rehab. (Credit: Pacific Marine Mammal Center) These efforts will address concerns about the effect this bloom may have on the California ...
Effects and Discovery of Chronic Domoic Acid Exposure on Gene ...
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Domoic acid, a naturally occurring marine neurotoxin, threatens the health of marine mammals, seabirds, and humans via severe and long-term yet ...
Trophic Transfer and Effects of HAB Toxins in Alaskan Marine Food Webs
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This threat is evidenced by observations of the neurotoxins saxitoxin and domoic acid in seals, walruses, sea lions, whales, and other marine mammals ...
NOAA Researchers Establish Link between Epilepsy and Fetal Exposure to ...
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A pair of young rescued sea lions helped researchers determine that fetal exposure to a toxin called domoic acid resulted in epileptic seizures later ...
NCCOS Assists Response to Multispecies Mortality Event Occurring in ...
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NOAA scientists will work directly with regional partners, including Alaska Sea Grant and the Alaska Harmful Algal Bloom Network, and local ...
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Seeks Advice on Harmful Algal ...
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Sanctuary staff are especially alarmed by the health risks these blooms pose for sea otters, sea lions, and whales. Following consultation with a ...
NCCOS and NMFS Partner to Survey 'Unprecedented' West Coast Toxic Algal ...
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A sea lion experiences seizures, caused by eating fish that in turn feed on the toxic algae. Credit: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The ...
Four Different Algal Toxins Found in San Francisco Bay Mussels
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California sea lions are becoming sick, and dying in some cases, from ingesting domoic acid—a neurotoxin that accumulates in fish and shellfish they ...
Sentinel Site Alerts California Public to Toxic Shellfish
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The April 4, 2014 advisory warned consumers not to eat recreationally harvested shellfish such as mussels, clams, or whole scallops from Santa Cruz ...