Paralytic shellfish toxins in Alaskan Arctic food webs during the anomalously warm ocean conditions of 2019 and estimated toxin doses to Pacific walruses and bowhead whales

A. Lefebvre, Kathi; Fachon, Evangeline; K. Bowers, Emily; G. Kimmel, David; A. Snyder, Jonathan; Stimmelmayr, Raphaela; M. Grebmeier, Jacqueline; Kibler, Steve; Ransom Hardison, D.; M. Anderson, Donald; M. Kulis, David; Murphy, Jim; C. Gann, Jeanette; W. Cooper, Dan; B. Eisner, Lisa; T. Duffy‐Anderson, Janet; Sheffield, Gay; S. Pickart, Robert; Mounsey, Anna; L. Willis, Maryjean; J. Stabeno, Phyllis; Siddon, Elizabeth

doi:10.1016/j.hal.2022.102205

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Paralytic shellfish toxins in Alaskan Arctic food webs during the anomalously warm ocean conditions of 2019 and estimated toxin doses to Pacific walruses and bowhead whales

Published in Harmful Algae • Mar 2, 2022

Authors:

Kathi A. Lefebvre

Evangeline Fachon

Emily K. Bowers

Abstract

Climate change-related ocean warming and reduction in Arctic sea ice extent, duration and thickness increase the risk of toxic blooms of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic. This algal species produces neurotoxins that impact marine wildlife health and cause the human illn...

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Benthic zone

Biology

Food web

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