Potentially toxic Pseudo-nitzschia species in plankton and fecal samples of Eubalaena australis from Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina

• Published in: Journal of Sea Research
• Main Authors: D'agostino, Valeria Carina, Hoffmeyer, Monica Susana, Almandoz, Gaston Osvaldo, Sastre, Viviana, Degrati, Mariana
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Domoic Acid; Eubalaena Australis; Península Valdés; Phytoplankton; Pseudo-Nitzschia Blooms; Right Whales; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentino; Argentina; Gaston; Southern Right Whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/53634

Península Valdés (PV) in Argentina is an important calving ground for the southern right whale Eubalaena australis. However, a high mortality of calves has been observed in the last years, which could be associated with phycotoxin exposure. During a sampling program conducted late in the calving sea...