West Coast DA Event data - West Coast Toxic Pseudo-nitzschia bloom

Beginning in the spring of 2015 the US West Coast began to experience the most wide-spread toxic Pseudo-nitzschia bloom to date, after approximately eight years without a toxic bloom event. Some species of Pseudo-nitzschia produce the neurotoxin domoic acid, which can have deleterious effects on marine wildlife (e.g. mammals and seabirds) as well as human consumers of food items (e.g. shellfis...

自2015年春季起，美国西海岸经历了迄今为止最广泛的毒性伪菱形藻（Pseudo-nitzschia）水华事件，此前的八年中未曾发生过类似的有毒水华。某些伪菱形藻物种会产生神经毒素——毒草酸，这种毒素对海洋野生动物（如哺乳动物和海鸟）以及食用海产品的人类消费者（如贝类）都可能产生有害影响。