Apr 28, 2016
Climatic regulation of the neurotoxin domoic acid
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Investigates regulation of domoic acid, a potent marine phycotoxin, at the climate scale
- Finds an association between domoic acid in shellfish and climate-scale warm ocean conditions, a unique, large-scale perspective relative to previous work
- Shows evidence of climatic regulation of domoic acid in shellfish over the past 20 y in the Northern California Current regime
- Presents an applied domoic acid risk assessment model for the US West Coast based on combined climatic and local variables