A team of researchers claims to have found an elusive algal toxin implicated in massive fish kills along the Mid-Atlantic coast in the 1990s. They say that the compound’s characteristics explain why it has been so difficult to track down. Other researchers, however, remain skeptical.
CHEMICAL CAPTURED. The alga Pfiesteria piscicida, shown here in a scanning electron micrograph, was blamed for fish kills in the 1990s.
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