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For a Good Cause: Toxic algae bloom overwhelms Marine Mammal Center, volunteers step up to help
10 Apr 2025 14:18 GMT
… Nick Traitler works at a Marine Mammal Care Center information … Traitler works at a Marine Mammal Care Center information … of San Pedro, with Marine Mammal Care Center veterinarian Madison … . This toxin is produced by a particular species of marine plankton, …
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What is Killing West Coast Marine Mammals? And Why?
09 Apr 2025 13:53 GMT
… culprit is an algae-based toxin named domoic acid. The way … cheerfully survive blooms of the marine diatom Pseudo-nitzschia, the algae … end, it’s not the toxin itself that’s so clever …
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Del Mar beachgoers report seeing marine life affected by toxic algae
07 Apr 2025 19:05 GMT
… sea lions, dolphins and other marine life washed ashore over the … getting daily reports of beached marine life, including sea birds. … John Warner, CEO of the Marine Mammal Care Center in Los … mussels and scallops, due to toxins that have been detected.
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Deaths of marine mammals, birds in California put B.C. biologists on alert
06 Apr 2025 20:42 GMT
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The toxin responsible for the deaths of Californian marine mammals … neurotoxin produced by certain marine algae.
Domoic acid is … scientist who runs the marine biotoxin monitoring program at … shellfish harvesting because the toxin accumulates in some species …
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Next round of Washington beaches clam digging starts Saturday, April 12
09 Apr 2025 19:23 GMT
… will proceed as scheduled, after marine toxin results from the Washington State …
DOH requires test samples for marine toxins, and domoic acid levels must … acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, can …
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WDFW Approves Seven Days of Coastal Razor Clam Digs Beginning April 12
08 Apr 2025 15:26 GMT
… will proceed as scheduled, after marine toxin results from the Washington State …
DOH requires test samples for marine toxins, and domoic acid levels must … acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, can …
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Seven days of coastal razor clam digs begin April 12; more digs planned through May 15
08 Apr 2025 00:49 GMT
… will proceed as scheduled, after marine toxin results from the Washington State …
DOH requires test samples for marine toxins, and domoic acid levels must … acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, can …
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‘Demonic’ Sea Lions Have Been Attacking People in California. Here’s Why, According to Scientists
10 Apr 2025 20:34 GMT
… to the Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute (CIMWI … produced by the microscopic marine algae Pseudo-nitzschia australis. … Marine Mammal Care Center told the BBC that the toxin … and rehabilitating marine mammals affected by the toxin. It reported …
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State of the Bays: Some Good, More Bad
10 Apr 2025 19:10 GMT
… Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences on April … year, along with multiple other marine algal blooms and low-oxygen … cases they can make more toxins.”
Levels of Dinophysis, a …
Along with the hazard to marine life, evidence is mounting of …
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Pet dogs severely harm wildlife, even when leashed
10 Apr 2025 14:43 GMT
… swim or are washed, these toxins enter streams and rivers. They … fish – normally eaten by other marine animals – now goes to pet …