Open AccessCiguatera
Author(s) -
Jorge R. Rey
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-in742-2007
Subject(s) - ciguatera , invertebrate , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , biology , ingestion , zoology , ecology , geography , biochemistry
ENY-741, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Jorge R. Rey, describes this form of food poisoning caused by ingestion of saltwater fish and invertebrates that have accumulated in their tissues a certain amount of the toxins produced by dinoflagellates. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, October 2007.