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Pfiesteria blamed unfairly for fish sores?

Bloody sores emblematic of fish kills may have been unfairly blamed on Pfiesteria toxins when the real culprits could be fungi.

 

References:

1998. USGS finds fungus to be a cause of fish lesions in Chesapeake. U.S. Geological Survey Press Release (Sept. 30). Available at http://www.usgs.gov/public/press/public_affairs/press_releases/pr647m.html.

 

Further Readings:

Mlot, C. 1997. Feds tackle toxic cell. Science News 152(Oct. 4):213.

______. 1997. The rise in toxic tides. Science News 152(Sept. 27):202.

______. 1997. Unraveling a fish killer’s toxic ways. Science News 152(Sept. 6):149.

Raloff, J. 1998. Fine-tuning federal water policies. Science News 153(March 7):159.

North Carolina State University's Web site about Pfiesteria is available at http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/aquatic_botany/pfiest.html.

Sources:

Vicki Blazer
U.S. Geological Survey Science Center
National Fish Health Laboratory
1700 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430

Michael J. Dykstra
North Carolina State University
4700 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27906

Michael J. Mac
U.S. Geological Survey
Mailstop 300
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192

Wolfang Vogelbein
Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences
College of William and Mary
Department of Environmental Sciences
Gloucester Point, VA 23062

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 15, October 10, 1998, p. 231.
Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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