How to Use domoic acid in a Sentence

domoic acid

noun

• The last tests on Clatsop showed domoic acid at 47 parts per million on April 30.
  — oregonlive, 8 May 2021
• The health threshold for domoic acid is 30 parts per million in crab viscera, Vance said.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• By now, thousands of sea lions have been poisoned by the toxin, called domoic acid.
  — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• Some of these blooms can be harmless, because not all produce the toxin domoic acid.
  — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
• 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
• Digging had been closed because of high levels of domoic acid, which have abated north of Tillamook Head.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• For instance, fish and shellfish can eat algae that produce the toxin domoic acid.
  — Stephanie De Marco, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• The likelihood that one factor — domoic acid, in this case — is solely to blame is unlikely.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
• Manderson said more tests are scheduled this weekend and late next week for domoic acid levels.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• The likely cause, domoic acid from an offshore algae bloom, is not unusual.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• Since then, toxic algal blooms that create domoic acid have continued to force the closure of state beaches.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• After the world’s first occurrence of domoic acid poisoning in 1987, three people died.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The two most common strains -- saxitoxin and domoic acid -- attack the nervous system.
  — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Every sea lion, regardless of their exposure to domoic acid, excelled at this task.
  — Matthew Berger, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015
• And when those tasty marine treats are ingested by humans, the domoic acid can make people sick, causing headaches, stomach cramps, nausea, and diarrhea.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• In 2015, the biggest and most toxic algal bloom in human history developed, shedding domoic acid and shuttering crab fisheries up and down the West Coast.
  — oregonlive, 20 Sep. 2019
• These elevated levels of domoic acid are already starting to affect the seafood business.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 11 Jan. 2017
• The domoic acid poisoning has mostly affected adult female sea lions, according to the post.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• Razor clam digging remains closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
• Risk assessment of the amnesic shellfish poison, domoic acid, on animals and humans.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2010
• During the spring, a troublesome pattern plays out as marine birds along the California coast die from domoic acid poisoning, which is caused by harmful algal blooms.
  — Jennifer Clare Ball, Wired, 16 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024