MARMAM readers may be interested in a newly published book chapter that is a review of the effects and emerging threats of harmful algal blooms and their toxins on marine mammals:

Fire SE and Van Dolah FM (2012).  Marine Biotoxins: Emergence of Harmful Algal Blooms as Health Threats to Marine Wildlife.  In: Aguirre AA, Ostfeld RS, Daszak P (eds) New Directions in Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 374-389.

Additional details on the book can be found here: http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/LifeSciences/Ecology/ConservationBiology/?view=usa&ci=9780199731473  

Best regards,

Spencer E. Fire, Ph.D.
Marine Biotoxins Program
Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
NOAA/National Ocean Service
219 Fort Johnson Road
Charleston, SC 29412

Tel:  843.762.8574
Fax:  843.762.8700
Email:  spencer.fire@noaa.gov