Monitoring nearshore ecosystem health using Pacific razor clams (Siliqua patula) as an indicator species
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Establishing tolerable dungeness crab (Cancer magister) and razor clam (Siliqua patula) domoic acid contaminant levels.
Domoic acid has been found in razor clams (Siliqua patula) and dungeness crabs (Cancer magister) in Washington State and elsewhere on the West Coast of the United States. Due to toxic effects associated with domoic acid exposure, an effort has been made to establish tolerable domoic acid levels in crabs and clams obtained from commercial harvest and sale and from individual recreational harvest...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8761