Karenia brevis causes high mortality and impaired swimming behavior of Florida stone crab larvae.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2019.04.007
Abstract: The dinoflagellate Karenia brevis causes harmful algal blooms commonly referred to as red tides that are prevalent along Florida's gulf coast. Severe blooms often cause fish kills, turbid water, and hypoxic events all of which… read more here.
Keywords: stone; swimming behavior; brevis; larvae ... See more keywords
HABscope: A tool for use by citizen scientists to facilitate early warning of respiratory irritation caused by toxic blooms of Karenia brevis
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218489
Abstract: Blooms of the toxic microalga Karenia brevis occur seasonally in Florida, Texas and other portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Brevetoxins produced during Karenia blooms can cause neurotoxic shellfish poisoning in humans, massive fish kills,… read more here.
Keywords: habscope; irritation; respiratory; citizen scientists ... See more keywords
Brevetoxin-Producing Spherical Cells Present in Karenia brevis Bloom: Evidence of Morphological Plasticity?
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DOI: 10.3390/jmse7020024
Abstract: Spherical cells were detected in low salinity waters during a bloom of Karenia brevis in Alabama coastal waters. These balls resembled K. brevis in size and organelle appearance, contained similar concentration of brevetoxin, and occurred… read more here.
Keywords: spherical cells; brevis; brevis bloom; brevetoxin ... See more keywords