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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of

Donald M Anderson, Evangeline Fachon, Robert S Pickart, Peigen Lin, Alexis D Fischer, Mindy L Richlen, Victoria Uva, Michael L Brosnahan, Leah McRaven, Frank Bahr and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Donald M AndersonBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543; danderson@whoi.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3983-6388
Evangeline FachonBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0003-2933-7283
Robert S PickartPhysical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Peigen LinPhysical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0002-2410-976X
Alexis D FischerBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Mindy L RichlenBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0002-1302-9342
Victoria UvaBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0001-8616-787X
Michael L BrosnahanBiology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0002-2620-7638
Leah McRavenPhysical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
Frank BahrPhysical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543.ORCID 0000-0002-1736-309X
Kathi LefebvreEnvironmental and Fisheries Sciences Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, WA 98112.ORCID 0000-0002-1036-3740
Jacqueline M GrebmeierChesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences, Solomons, MD 20688.ORCID 0000-0001-7624-3568
Seth L DanielsonCollege of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775.
Yihua LyuSouth China Sea Environmental Monitoring Center, State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6437-216X
Yuri FukaiGraduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2517-5336

Funding

Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human HealthP01ES028938 · NIEHS · WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION · PI DENNIS J MCGILLICUDDY · 2018 to 2026
$5.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES028938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the organisms that spread into and flourish in Arctic waters with rising temperatures and sea ice loss are toxic algae, a group of harmful algal bloom species that produce potent biotoxins.

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Shellfish PoisoningAlaskaArctic RegionsClimate ChangeDinoflagellidaEcosystemGeologic SedimentsHarmful Algal BloomHot TemperatureHumansIce CoverNeurotoxinsPublic HealthNeurotoxinsAlaskan ArcticAlexandriumclimateHABharmful algal bloom

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PMID34607950
PMCPMC8521661

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