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RSS FeedsFour dead walruses test positive for algae toxin
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14 december 2017 04:19:53

 
Four dead walruses test positive for algae toxin
(World News Science)
 


Four walruses in western Alaska`s Bering Strait region have tested positive for biotoxins produced by algae, prompting a from Alaska Sea Grant. The test results emerged from a dead walrus stranding event in late summer involving 39 animals. After the walruses washed ashore, Gay Sheffield, a marine biologist with Alaska Sea Grant, helped coordinate a collaborative response involving agencies and community members of Diomede and Shishmaref. An algal biotoxin is a potentially poisonous substance produced by harmful algal blooms. It cannot be seen, smelled or tasted and cooking or freezing does not destroy the toxin. The walrus stranding on the northern Seward Peninsula prompted Sheffield to ask...


 
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