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A Study of Gambierdiscus ‘Super Bugs’ and Ciguatoxin Fate in Coral Reef Food Webs

Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common algal-borne illness worldwide. It is a debilitating syndrome caused by consumption of fish contaminated with ciguatoxins (CTXs) ...

Advancing the Receptor Binding Assay for Multi-Species Monitoring of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

Paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are produced by some types of harmful algal blooms. Shellfish can accumulate these toxins, causing severe illness or death when people ...

Aggression is a Symptom of Domoic Acid Poisoning in California Sea Lions

To gain a better understanding of symptoms experienced by California sea lions caused by the toxin domoic acid, we are studying the relationship between aggression ...

Assessing How Nitrogen and Acidification Affect HABs in an Urban Estuary

The Long Island Sound and surrounding New York and Connecticut coastal embayments receive excess nitrogen from wastewater, runoff, and other sources. This makes the area ...

Azaspiracid: An Emerging Algal Toxin

Azaspiracids are a group of toxins first reported in the 1990s in Western European waters and are now reported to occur along both the East ...

Biscayne Bay PhycoNet

Why We Care Biscayne Bay is a coastal embayment in southeast Florida that has experienced rapid human population growth over the last century, resulting in ...

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Identifying Toxic Species

Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common, non-bacterial, seafood illness. The condition is caused by toxins from the microalga Gambierdiscus, and can lead to ...

Ciguatoxin Impacts on Foraging Behavior in Hawaiian Monk Seals

Hawaiian monk seals, which are critically endangered, inhabit the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and the Hawaiian Islands. For the first time we have identified the ...