date:May 22, 2017
eaks on a large scale. Morgaine McKibben, scientist at Oregon State University and lead author of the study, said, We describe a completely new method to understanding and predicting toxic outbreaks on a large scale, linking domoic acid concentrations in shellfish to ocean conditions caused by warm water phases of natural climate event cycles like Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and El Nino.
The study created a climate-based risk analysis model that can predict when domoic acid levels in shel