Browsing by Subject "Karenia brevis"
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(2012-10-19)Karenia brevis is the major harmful algal bloom-forming species in the Gulf of Mexico, and produces neurotoxins, known as brevetoxins, that cause large fish kills, neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, and human respiratory ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Gulf of Mexico are primarily caused by dense aggregations of the dinoflagellate species, Karenia brevis. Karenia brevis produces a highly toxic neurotoxin, brevetoxin which has been shown ...
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(2017-08-03)This study examines the impacts of red tide, Karenia brevis, cell intensity on collected tourism tax revenues by municipality along the central Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. The study area consists of 27 municipalities ...
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(2012-08-15)Karenia brevis is the major harmful bloom forming dinoflagellate in the Gulf of Mexico. The toxin produced by this dinoflagellate can cause large fish kills, marine mammal mortality, respiratory irritation, and neurotoxic ...
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(2012-10-12)Laser in situ scattering and transmissometry (LISST) instruments are used to measure the particle size distributions (PSDs) and volume concentration of individual and groups of phytoplankton in water. The objective of this ...
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(2012-12-12)Commonly referred to as “red tide”, harmful algal blooms (HABs) formed by Karenia brevis occur frequently in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). A bloom is defined as cell abundances >105 cells L-1. This thesis will focus primarily ...
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(2017-11-15)Karenia brevis is a toxic, marine phytoplankton that forms harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico. This toxicity is due to the production of ladder-frame polyketides known as brevetoxins, for which the production pathway ...