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Heart disease is a killer threat for southern sea otters feasting on domoic acid in their food web, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis.
Harmful Algae, examined the relationship between long-term exposure to domoic acid and fatal heart disease in southern sea otters, a threatened marine mammal. Sea otters are an amazing indicator of what s happening in the coastal environment, not just to other marine animals, but to us, too, especially on the issue of domoic acid, said Christine K. Johnson, director of the EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics in the One Health Institute at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and senior author of the study.
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A southern sea otter feasts on a clam, which could expose it to domoic acid, increasing its risk of dying with heart disease.
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Domoic acid raises risk of fatal heart disease in warming ocean
Heart disease is a killer threat for southern sea otters feasting on domoic acid in their food web, according to a study led by UC Davis.
, published in the journal Harmful Algae, examined the relationship between long-term exposure to domoic acid and fatal heart disease in southern sea otters, a threatened marine mammal.