How to Use domoic acid in a Sentence
domoic acid
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The last tests on Clatsop showed domoic acid at 47 parts per million on April 30.
—oregonlive, 8 May 2021
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The health threshold for domoic acid is 30 parts per million in crab viscera, Vance said.
—oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
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By now, thousands of sea lions have been poisoned by the toxin, called domoic acid.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
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Some of these blooms can be harmless, because not all produce the toxin domoic acid.
—Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
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Within no more than a couple of days, the mother, who was sick from domoic acid poisoning, died.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2022
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So, too, are tests for domoic acid, which has poisoned large numbers of sea lions in the past, as well as other common pathogens.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
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In the last four years, at least four domoic acid events have occurred along the Central and Southern California coasts.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Digging had been closed because of high levels of domoic acid, which have abated north of Tillamook Head.
—oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
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For instance, fish and shellfish can eat algae that produce the toxin domoic acid.
—Stephanie De Marco, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
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The likelihood that one factor — domoic acid, in this case — is solely to blame is unlikely.
—Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
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In its toxic form, domoic acid damages the brain and heart, even in low doses, the California Wildlife Center warned.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Manderson said more tests are scheduled this weekend and late next week for domoic acid levels.
—oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
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The likely cause, domoic acid from an offshore algae bloom, is not unusual.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 June 2023
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The domoic acid outbreak during the summer of 2023, which killed hundreds of sea lions and dolphins, is another.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
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State test show the crabs have unsafe levels of domoic acid, which can cause anything from gastrointestinal symptoms to death.
—Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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Seeding experiments—about a dozen have taken place so far—had not shown the production of domoic acid.
—Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
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Since then, toxic algal blooms that create domoic acid have continued to force the closure of state beaches.
—Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
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After the world’s first occurrence of domoic acid poisoning in 1987, three people died.
—Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
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These thick clouds of algae release a toxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies and then moves up the marine food chain.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
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The two most common strains -- saxitoxin and domoic acid -- attack the nervous system.
—Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2019
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Then, in early December the pseudo-nitzschia also showed up in Casco Bay, leading to unsafe levels of domoic acid.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Jan. 2018
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The increase in algae and resulting increase in domoic acid poisoning may be linked to climate change, experts say.
—Laura Studley, CNN, 3 July 2023
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In recent years, the season has also been cut by elevated levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid found in some crabs.
—USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
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The algae, Pseudo-nitzschia, produces a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which can be poisonous to seabirds and fish once ingested.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 22 June 2023
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The organization reported that a natural compound, domoic acid, appeared to be the cause of the strange sickness.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
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The Marine Mammal Care Center is caring for more than 100 animals, many of them sea lions with poisoning from domoic acid.
—Laura Studley, CNN, 3 July 2023
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Officials said the bloom produced by a species of marine plankton filled with a neurotoxin called domoic acid is considered an anomaly this time of year.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2025
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Every sea lion, regardless of their exposure to domoic acid, excelled at this task.
—Matthew Berger, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015
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Ingesting domoic acid can cause amnesic shellfish poisoning in humans and marine mammals, according to the Marine Mammal Care Center.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2025
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Threat level: There's been an uptick in rescues in Southern California in recent weeks, particularly with cases of domoic acid toxicosis in sea lions and dolphins, Smith said.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
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