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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 ...
Harmonizing Methods to Determine Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/harmonizing-methods-to-determine-diarrhetic-shellfish-poisoning-toxins-for-improved-shellfish-safety/
Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins produced by the dinoflagellate Dinophysis can cause severe gastrointestinal illness in humans. Dinophysis ...
Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/rapid-portable-multiplexed-detection-of-harmful-algal-toxins-in-the-great-lakes/
While these toxins have been detected throughout the Great Lakes, currently the only way to collect quantitative data for saxitoxins and anatoxin-a is ...
Integration of Alternative Methods of Analysis with the Neurotoxic ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/integration-alternative-methods-analysis-neurotoxic-shellfish-poisoning-monitoring-management-framework/
evaluate other methods of sample preparation and analysis for potential use in monitoring and managing harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins in shellfish ...
Expanding ISSC Validated Options for Monitoring Diarrhetic Shellfish ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/expanding-issc-validated-options-monitoring-diarrhetic-shellfish-poison-toxins/
Filter-feeding bivalves accumulate these toxins. Once considered rare in both U.S. and Canadian waters, DSP outbreaks are occurring with greater ...
NCCOS Supports Inception of Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Networks for ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-supports-inception-of-harmful-algal-bloom-monitoring-networks-for-alaska-natives/
Training STAERL personnel in shellfish toxin analysis was part of a multi-year NCCOS project funded by the EPA Indian General Assistance Program and ...
Validating the Technique for Identifying Paralytic Shellfish Toxins
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a world-wide, sometimes fatal seafood poisoning caused by potent algal neurotoxins that accumulate in ...
HABs in the Kodiak Archipelago: HAB Monitoring and Toxin Testing to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/hab-monitoring-and-toxin-testing-supports-kodiak-archipelago-community-subsistence-harvests-and-advances-forecast-development/
Locations of monitoring beaches for shellfish toxicity in the Chiniak Bay study area, Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska. The project will enhance an existing ...
Robotic, Underwater Sensor for Harmful Algal Bloom Toxins
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Toxin levels change constantly according to environmental conditions during the course of an algal bloom, making real-time toxicity measurements ...
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower ...
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The MERHAB-LGL toxin response lab continues to routinely service the needs of health and environmental agencies responding to cyanobacterial blooms ...
‘Team’ of Uncrewed Vehicles Reveals Extent, Toxicity of Harmful Algal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/a-team-of-uncrewed-vehicles-reveals-the-extent-and-toxicity-of-a-harmful-algal-bloom-in-monterey-bay-ca/
The left inset shows the 3G-ESP instrument that is integrated with the LRAUV payload just behind the vehicle’s orange nose cone. A wheel of customized ...
New Pacific Ciguatoxins Identification and Analysis
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Ciguatoxins originate from marine algae, such as Gambierdiscus spp., enter the food web through fish, and pass to humans. To improve detection methods ...
NCCOS Standard Method for Chemical Analysis of Algal Toxin Domoic Acid ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-standard-method-for-chemical-analysis-of-algal-toxin-domoic-acid-in-seawater-and-marine-animals-now-available-worldwide/
NCCOS scientists have optimized their previous solid-phase extraction methods in conjunction with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to improve ...
Using Remote Sensing to Improve HAB Detection in Florida
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/improving-detection-blue-green-algal-threats-florida-remote-sensing/
EPA Region 4 is leading the Federal response to the Lake Okeechobee bloom. NCCOS has provided modest funds to increase sampling and toxin analysis in ...
NCCOS Provides Training to a Centralized Algal Toxin Testing Laboratory ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-provides-training-support-centralized-algal-toxin-testing-laboratory-southeast-alaskan-tribes/
NCCOS scientists provided training and technical guidance to scientific staff of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska Environmental Regulatory Laboratory ...
Alaskan Tribes and Aquaculture Industry Receive Training to Minimize ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/training-alaskan-tribes-and-aquaculture-industry-to-minimize-risk-of-shellfish-poisoning/
The Sitka Tribe established a toxin detection laboratory that uses a receptor binding assay developed by NCCOS to detect paralytic shellfish toxins ...
Are Benthic Cyanobacteria a Source of Toxic Blooms and a Threat to ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/are-benthic-cyanobacteria-a-source-of-toxic-blooms-and-a-threat-to-human-health/
Participants agreed that there is a need for research regarding benthic sampling, monitoring, toxin analysis protocols and methodology, and toxin fate ...
NCCOS Helps Sitka Tribe of Alaska Respond to Harmful Algal Bloom
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/nccos-helps-sitka-tribe-of-alaska-respond-to-harmful-algal-bloom/
Phytoplankton sampling at Starrigavan Dock in Sitka, Alaska. Credit: Matt Gribble, Emory University. NCCOS has provided the Sitka Tribe of Alaska with ...
Model Predicts Reducing Only Phosphorus Will Make Lake Erie Algal ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-study-investigates-cellular-mechanisms-driving-microcystis-toxin-production/
Harmful algal bloom in Western Basin of Lake Erie. Credit: Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. by Zachary Haslick. A new model from NCCOS-funded ...
Hand-held Sensor for Domoic Acid Poisoning of Marine Mammals
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The algal toxin domoic acid (DA) poisons hundreds of marine mammals each year. Presently, first responders do not have access to sensors capable of ...