How to Use domoic acid in a Sentence

domoic acid

noun

• Some of these blooms can be harmless, because not all produce the toxin domoic acid.
  — Jenny Howard, National Geographic, 5 July 2019
• By now, thousands of sea lions have been poisoned by the toxin, called domoic acid.
  — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• Manderson said more tests are scheduled this weekend and late next week for domoic acid levels.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• Within no more than a couple of days, the mother, who was sick from domoic acid poisoning, died.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2022
• For instance, fish and shellfish can eat algae that produce the toxin domoic acid.
  — Stephanie De Marco, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• The likely cause, domoic acid from an offshore algae bloom, is not unusual.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 27 June 2023
• The health threshold for domoic acid is 30 parts per million in crab viscera, Vance said.
  — oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2022
• So, too, are tests for domoic acid, which has poisoned large numbers of sea lions in the past, as well as other common pathogens.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
• The likelihood that one factor — domoic acid, in this case — is solely to blame is unlikely.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
• Seeding experiments—about a dozen have taken place so far—had not shown the production of domoic acid.
  — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010
• Concerns are rising about the impact of similar domoic acid events on other whales and other ocean species.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026
• Since then, toxic algal blooms that create domoic acid have continued to force the closure of state beaches.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• The last tests on Clatsop showed domoic acid at 47 parts per million on April 30.
  — oregonlive, 8 May 2021
• State test show the crabs have unsafe levels of domoic acid, which can cause anything from gastrointestinal symptoms to death.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Every sea lion, regardless of their exposure to domoic acid, excelled at this task.
  — Matthew Berger, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015
• Digging had been closed because of high levels of domoic acid, which have abated north of Tillamook Head.
  — oregonlive, 19 Jan. 2020
• The rapid growth of algae can cause elevated levels of the neurotoxin known as domoic acid.
  — Stacie N. Galang, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
• The two most common strains -- saxitoxin and domoic acid -- attack the nervous system.
  — Hal Bernton, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2019
• These elevated levels of domoic acid are already starting to affect the seafood business.
  — Danny Lewis, Smithsonian, 11 Jan. 2017
• The increase in algae and resulting increase in domoic acid poisoning may be linked to climate change, experts say.
  — Laura Studley, CNN, 3 July 2023
• Hippocampal lesions in the sea lion brain from natural exposure to domoic acid.
  — Matthew Berger, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015
• In recent years, the season has also been cut by elevated levels of the neurotoxin domoic acid found in some crabs.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2019
• These thick clouds of algae release a toxin called domoic acid, which accumulates in small fish like sardines and anchovies and then moves up the marine food chain.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• Risk assessment of the amnesic shellfish poison, domoic acid, on animals and humans.
  — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2010
• The domoic acid poisoning has mostly affected adult female sea lions, according to the post.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
• In the last four years, at least four domoic acid events have occurred along the Central and Southern California coasts.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2025
• After the world’s first occurrence of domoic acid poisoning in 1987, three people died.
  — Sara Harrison, Wired, 23 Dec. 2020
• The cause is less demonic and more likely domoic acid toxicosis caused by toxic algal bloom, often referred to as red tide, experts say.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2025
• Razor clam digging remains closed along the entire Oregon coast due to elevated levels of domoic acid.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2019
• The domoic acid works its way up the food chain, often in anchovies and sardines, which are then eaten by pelicans, sea lions, whales and other animals.
  — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 15 June 2026