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Published on: June 17, 2009
A survey for paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in Vancouver Harbour
Tian Yan1, Mingjiang Zhou, Zhijun Tan
1Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071, Qingdao, PR China. tianyan@ms.qdio.ac.cn
Marine Environmental Research
|September 10, 2003
Abstract:
Shellfish samples were collected from seven inter-tidal and two sub-tidal sites between 23 May and 8 June 1999 in Vancouver Harbour and were analysed for paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) using a mouse bioassay. PSP was detected in mussels collected at four sampling sites in English Bay and Burrard Inlet, at a concentration below 20 microg saxitoxin equivalents (STXeq)/100 g wet weight.
