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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 ...
Rapid, Portable, Multiplexed Detection of Harmful Algal Toxins in the ...
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While these toxins have been detected throughout the Great Lakes, currently the only way to collect quantitative data for saxitoxins and anatoxin-a is ...
Harmonizing Methods to Determine Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins ...
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Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins produced by the dinoflagellate Dinophysis can cause severe gastrointestinal illness in humans. Dinophysis ...
Expanding ISSC Validated Options for Monitoring Diarrhetic Shellfish ...
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Filter-feeding bivalves accumulate these toxins. Once considered rare in both U.S. and Canadian waters, DSP outbreaks are occurring with greater ...
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 ...
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 ...
Evaluation of Rapid, Early Warning Approaches to Track Shellfish Toxins ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/evaluation-of-rapid-early-warning-approaches-to-track-shellfish-toxins-associated-with-dinophysis-and-alexandrium-blooms/
DSP extraction and toxin analysis methods did not differ significantly (p > 0.05), were highly correlated (R2 = 0.98–0.99; p < 0.001) and provided ...
NCCOS Supports Inception of Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Networks for ...
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Training STAERL personnel in shellfish toxin analysis was part of a multi-year NCCOS project funded by the EPA Indian General Assistance Program and ...
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 ...
Monitoring and Event Response for Harmful Algal Blooms in the Lower ...
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New York and Vermont now use these strategies, and a cyanobacterial toxin analysis laboratory was established that continues to assist environmental ...
Response and Readiness for HAB Events - NCCOS
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Toxic HABs are also a common threat to marine mammals, fish and seabirds—including endangered and threatened species—and often trigger costly ...
‘Team’ of Uncrewed Vehicles Reveals Extent, Toxicity of Harmful Algal ...
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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 ...
NCCOS Helps Sitka Tribe of Alaska Respond to Harmful Algal Bloom
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Phytoplankton sampling at Starrigavan Dock in Sitka, Alaska. Credit: Matt Gribble, Emory University. NCCOS has provided the Sitka Tribe of Alaska with ...
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/
Training of STAERL laboratory personnel in shellfish toxin analysis is a multi-year project funded by the EPA Indian General Assistance Program and an ...
Oregon Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Outbreak Prompts Rapid Response ...
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These PSP toxins are not destroyed by freezing or cooking shellfish. Consuming toxic shellfish can cause PSP in humans and other mammals, including ...
Using Remote Sensing to Improve HAB Detection in Florida
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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 ...
An Early Warning System for Pseudo-nitzschia Harmful Algal Blooms on ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/early-warning-pseudo-nitzschia-harmful-algal-blooms-pacific-northwest/
Shellfish managers monitor these toxins and close affected fisheries to protect public health, but these sudden closures can disrupt coastal ...
Climate Change and Acidification Impacts on Cyanobacterial Harmful ...
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The Great Lakes experience recurrent toxin-producing cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cHABs). While cHAB events have been well-studied in recent ...
Possible Cause of High Toxicity of 2015 West coast HAB Identified
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New research sponsored by NCCOS explains what might have caused the high toxicity in Monterey Bay, CA during the massive 2015 toxic bloom of the ...
Toxin Lab Helps Ohio Agencies Respond to Toxic Freshwater Algal Blooms
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/toxin-lab-established-by-cscor-helps-ohio-agencies-respond-to-toxic-freshwater-algal-blooms/
High levels of two cyanobacterial toxins, microcystin and anatoxin-a, found in the lake last spring and summer forced Ohio to advise the public to ...