Scientists hopeful they have found source of SA algal bloom toxins | ABC NEWS
Scientists believe they may have identified a little-known algal species called Karenia cristata as the source of the brevetoxins within South Australia’s devastating algal bloom.
The breakthrough research, which is undergoing academic peer review, also shows it to have been the dominant species for the majority of the bloom’s existence and one of five Karenia species present.
Karenia cristata is the only one known to produce the algal toxins within the bloom.
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