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ArticleHarmful algae2022

Paralytic shellfish toxins associated with Arctic Tern mortalities in Alaska.

Caroline Van Hemert, John R Harley, Gwen Baluss, Matthew M Smith, Robert J Dusek, Julia S Lankton, D Ransom Hardison, Sarah K Schoen, Robert S A Kaler

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Article in Harmful algae, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Caroline Van HemertU.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA. Electronic address: cvanhemert@usgs.gov.
John R HarleyAlaska Coastal Rainforest Center, University of Alaska Southeast, 11066 Auke Lake Way, Juneau AK, 99801, USA.
Gwen BalussU.S. Forest Service, Juneau Ranger District, 8510 Mendenhall Loop Road, Juneau, AK, 99801, USA.
Matthew M SmithU.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA.
Robert J DusekU.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI, 53711, USA.
Julia S LanktonU.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, 6006 Schroeder Road, Madison, WI, 53711, USA.
D Ransom HardisonNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Stressor Detection and Impacts Division, National Center for Coastal Ocean Sciences Beaufort Laboratory, 101 Pivers Road, Beaufort, NC, 28516, USA.
Sarah K SchoenU.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508, USA.
Robert S A KalerU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA.
United States Geological Survey · USNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · USUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service · USUniversity of Alaska Southeast · USUS Forest Service · US

Funding

Biomedical Learning and Student Training (BLaST) ProgramUL1GM118991 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · PI HUEFFER, KARSTEN · 2015 to 2023
$19.0M
Biomedical Learning and Student Training (BLaST) ProgramRL5GM118990 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · PI HUEFFER, KARSTEN, REYNOLDS, ARLEIGH JAMES · 2015 to 2023
$10.5M
Biomedical Learning and Student Training (BLaST) ProgramTL4GM118992 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · PI HUEFFER, KARSTEN, REYNOLDS, ARLEIGH JAMES · 2015 to 2023
$7.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS RL5 GM118990NIGMS NIH HHS TL4 GM118992NIGMS NIH HHS UL1 GM118991
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Harmful algal blooms produce biotoxins that can injure or kill fish, wildlife, and humans. These blooms occur naturally but have intensified in many locations globally due to recent climatic changes, including ocean warming. Such changes are especially pronounced in northern regions, where the effects of paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) on marine wildlife are of growing concern. In Alaska, seabird mortality events have increased in frequency, magnitude, and duration since 2015 alongside anomalously high ocean temperatures. Although starvation has been implicated as the apparent cause of death in many of these die-offs, saxitoxin (STX) and other PSTs have been identified as possible contributing factors. Here, we describe a mortality event at a nesting colony of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) near Juneau, Alaska in 2019 and report elevated concentrations of PSTs in bird, forage fish, and mussel samples. Concentrations of STX and other PSTs in tern tissues (2.5-51.2 µg 100g

Indexed as

CharadriiformesAlaskaAnimalsBirdsFishesHumansSaxitoxinSeafoodShellfishSaxitoxinArctic TernFood webForage fishParalytic shellfish toxinSaxitoxinSeabird

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PMID35944958
PMCPMC10237520
OpenAlexW4284959244

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