Subject:

Re: dolphin deaths in the Gulf of California

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Greg Tolley <[log in to unmask]>

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Date:

Thu, 1 May 1997 11:23:54 -0400

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Actually, red tide as a cause of marine mammal mortality was fairly well
documented this past year. In 1996, over 100 West Indian Manatees off
the west coast of Florida died, apparently as a result of pulmonary
and/or dietary exposure to brevitoxins produced by red tide (Gymnodinium
breve).