Comparative analysis of three brevetoxin-associated bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mortality events in the Florida Panhandle region (USA).

Comparative analysis of three brevetoxin-associated bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mortality events in the Florida Panhandle region (USA).

In the Florida Panhandle region, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) have been highly susceptible to large-scale unusual mortality events (UMEs) that may have been the result of exposure to blooms of the dinoflagellate Karenia brevis and its neurotoxin, brevetoxin (PbTx). Between 1999 and 2006,...

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Main Authors: Michael J Twiner, Leanne J Flewelling, Spencer E Fire, Sabrina R Bowen-Stevens, Joseph K Gaydos, Christine K Johnson, Jan H Landsberg, Tod A Leighfield, Blair Mase-Guthrie, Lori Schwacke, Frances M Van Dolah, Zhihong Wang, Teresa K Rowles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22916189/?tool=EBI

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