Published Date: 2004-03-23 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Dolphin die-off - USA (FL)(03): Domoic acid
Archive Number: 20040323.0806
DOLPHIN DIE-OFF - USA (FLORIDA)(03): DOMOIC ACID
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Date: 22 Mar 2004
From: Barbara D. Graeber <BDGraeber@aol.com>
Source: The Ledger, 21 Mar 2004 [edited]
<http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040321/NEWS/403210559/1004>
Dolphins Died From Toxin, Tests Show
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Preliminary test results indicate the deaths of more than 65 dolphins in
the Panhandle may have been caused by biotoxin released by naturally
occurring algae.
Jane Whaley, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's
National Marine Fisheries Service, said domoic acid had been found in water
samples.
Domoic acid has been blamed for several marine mammal deaths on the West
Coast, she said.
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[An excellent review of domoic acid in mammals can be found in "Mammal,
bird die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) (02) 20020708.4702."
Domoic acid is a neurotoxic tricarboxylic amino acid structurally related
to kainic and glutamic acids. It was chemically identified after its
isolation in 1958 from the seaweed _Chondria armata_, found off the coast
of Japan. In 1987, more than 100 people became ill and several people died
following the consumption of blue mussels caught off Prince Edward Island,
Canada. Canadian scientists found that domoic acid had entered the food
chain when the mussels fed on a toxic algal bloom of the pennate diatom
_Pseudonitzschia pungens_ forma multiseries. - Mod.TG]
See Also
Dolphin die-off - USA (FL)(02) 20040319.0762Dolphin die-off - USA (FL) 20040312.0687
2003
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Whale die-off, domoic acid - USA (East Coast): susp. 20031028.2684
Dolphin, sea lion die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) 20030604.1363
Domoic acid, razor clams - USA (OREGON) 20030508.1142
2002
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Flying squid, domoic acid - USA (California) 20021209.6025
Mammal, bird die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) (02) 20020708.4702
Mammal, bird die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) 20020526.4323
Dolphin/sea lion die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) (02) 20020426.4035
Dolphin/sea lion die-off, domoic acid - USA (CA) 20020422.4011
Shellfish ban, domoic acid - Canada (NB) 20020422.4010
Domoic acid, razor clams - USA (Washington) 20020405.3886
Dolphin die-off, domoic acid - USA (Calif.) (02) 20020331.3846
Dolphin die-off, domoic acid? - USA (California) 20020325.3817
2000
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Sea lions, seizures, domoic acid - USA (Calif.) 1998 20000107.0018
1996
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Domoic acid 19960209.0275
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