Staff from the Kachemak Bay NERR expanded research collaborations and completed proof of concept activities to catalyze future research on the mechanisms of paralytic shellfish toxin transfer from forage fish to upper trophic populations– an increasing concern after statewide seabird die-offs and marine mammal strandings.
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In this video, Chris Guo (Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve) gives a 5-minute introduction to "Assessing Forage Fish Exposure to Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Alaska," a catalyst project funded in 2020 by the NERRS Science Collaborative.