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Berry, M.J., L. Banu, Y. Chen, S.J. Mandel, J.D. Kiefer, J.W. Harney, and P.R. Larsen. 1991. Recognition
of UGA as a selenocysteine codon in Type I deiodinase requires sequences in the 3′ untranslated region. Nature 353:273–276.
Berta, A., J.L. Sumich, and K.M. Kovacs. 2006. Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, 2nd edn.
Academic Press, Burlington, MD.
Böck, A., K. Forchhammer, J. Heider, and C. Baron. 1991. Selenoprotein synthesis: An expansion of
the genetic code. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 16:463–467.
Bottein, M.-Y.D., L. Kashinsky, Z. Wang, C. Littnan, and J.S. Ramsdell. 2011. Identification of ciguatoxins in Hawaiian monk seals Monachus schauinslandi from the Northwestern and main
Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Science and Technology 45:5403–5409. doi: 10.1021/es2002887.
Boveng, P.L., L.M. Hiruki, M.K. Schwartz, and J.L. Bengtson. 1998. Population growth of
Antarctic fur seals: Limitation by a top predator, the leopard seal? Ecology 79:2863–2877. doi:
10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2863:PGOAFS]2.0.CO;2.
Braune, B.M., P.M. Outridge, A.T. Fisk, D.C.G. Muir, P.A. Helm, K. Hobbs, P.F. Hoekstra et al. 2005. Persistent
organic pollutants and mercury in marine biota of the Canadian Arctic: An overview of spatial and
temporal trends. Science of the Total Environment 351–352:4–56. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.10.034.
Bricelj, V.M., L. Connell, K. Konoki, S.P. MacQuarrie, T. Scheuer, W.A. Catterall, and V.L. Trainer.
2005. Sodium channel mutation leading to saxitoxin resistance in clams increases risk of PSP.
Nature 434:763–767. doi: 10.1038/nature03415.
Brodie, E.D.I. and E.D. Brodie Jr. 1990. Tetrodotoxin resistance in garter snakes: An evolutionary
response of predators to dangerous prey. Evolution 44:651–659. doi: 10.2307/2409442.
Brookens, T.J., J.T. Harvey, and T.M. O’Hara. 2007. Trace element concentrations in the Pacific harbor
seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in central and northern California. Science of the Total Environment
372:676–692. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.006.
Carvan III, M.J. and D.L. Busbee. 2003. Mechanisms of aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity: Implications
for cetacean morbidity and mortality. In Toxicology of Marine Mammals, New Perspectives:
Toxicology of the Marine Environment, eds. J.G. Vos, G. Bossart, M. Fournier, and T. O’Shea.
Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 429–457.
Castle, J.W. and J.H. Rodgers. 2009. Hypothesis for the role of toxin-producing algae in Phanerozoic
mass extinctions based on evidence from the geologic record and modern environments.
Environmental Geosciences 16:1–23. doi: 10.1306/eg.08110808003.
Caurant, F., M. Navarro, and J.C. Amiard. 1996. Mercury in pilot whales: Possible limits to the detoxification process. Science of the Total Environment 186:95–104.
Chambers, I., J. Frampton, P. Goldfarb, N. Affara, W. McBain, and P.R. Harrison. 1986. The structure
of the mouse glutathione peroxidase gene: The selenocysteine in the active site is encoded by
the “termination” codon, TGA. EMBO Journal 5 (6):1221–1227.
Clarkson, T.W. and L. Magos. 2006. The toxicology of mercury and its chemical compounds. Critical
Reviews in Toxicology 36 (8):609–662. doi: 10.1080/10408440600845619.
Coelho, J.P., C.L. Mieiro, E. Pereira, A.C. Duarte, and M.A. Pardal. 2013. Mercury biomagnification
in a contaminated estuary food web: Effects of age and trophic position using stable isotope
analyses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 69 (1–6):110–115. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.01.021.
Cook, P., C. Reichmuth, and F. Gulland. 2011. Rapid behavioural diagnosis of domoic acid toxicosis
in California sea lions. Biology Letters 7:536–538. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0127.
Costa, D.P., B.J. LeBoeuf, A.C. Huntley, and C.L. Ortiz. 1986. The energetics of lactation in the
northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Journal of Zoology 209:21–33. doi: 10.1111/j.14697998.1986.tb03563.x.
Cumeras, R., W.H.K. Cheung, F. Gulland, D. Goley, and C.E. Davis. 2014. Chemical analysis of whale
breath volatiles: A case study for non-invasive field health diagnostics of marine mammals.
Metabolites 4:790–806. doi: 10.3390/metabo4030790.
Cusick, K.D. and G.S. Sayler. 2013. An overview on the marine neurotoxin, saxitoxin: Genetics,
molecular targets, methods of detection and ecological functions. Marine Drugs 11:991–1018.
doi: 10.3390/md11040991.
Das, K., U. Siebert, A. Gillet, A. Dupont, C. Di-Poï, S. Fonfara, Z. Mazzucchelli, and E. De Pauw-Gillet.
2008. Mercury immune toxicity in harbour seals: Links to in vitro toxicity. Environmental Health
7:52. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-52.
Chapter fourteen: Toxicology and poisons
Berry, M.J., L. Banu, Y. Chen, S.J. Mandel, J.D. Kiefer, J.W. Harney, and P.R. Larsen. 1991. Recognition
of UGA as a selenocysteine codon in Type I deiodinase requires sequences in the 3′ untranslated region. Nature 353:273–276.
Berta, A., J.L. Sumich, and K.M. Kovacs. 2006. Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, 2nd edn.
Academic Press, Burlington, MD.
Böck, A., K. Forchhammer, J. Heider, and C. Baron. 1991. Selenoprotein synthesis: An expansion of
the genetic code. Trends in Biochemical Sciences 16:463–467.
Bottein, M.-Y.D., L. Kashinsky, Z. Wang, C. Littnan, and J.S. Ramsdell. 2011. Identification of ciguatoxins in Hawaiian monk seals Monachus schauinslandi from the Northwestern and main
Hawaiian Islands. Environmental Science and Technology 45:5403–5409. doi: 10.1021/es2002887.
Boveng, P.L., L.M. Hiruki, M.K. Schwartz, and J.L. Bengtson. 1998. Population growth of
Antarctic fur seals: Limitation by a top predator, the leopard seal? Ecology 79:2863–2877. doi:
10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2863:PGOAFS]2.0.CO;2.
Braune, B.M., P.M. Outridge, A.T. Fisk, D.C.G. Muir, P.A. Helm, K. Hobbs, P.F. Hoekstra et al. 2005. Persistent
organic pollutants and mercury in marine biota of the Canadian Arctic: An overview of spatial and
temporal trends. Science of the Total Environment 351–352:4–56. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.10.034.
Bricelj, V.M., L. Connell, K. Konoki, S.P. MacQuarrie, T. Scheuer, W.A. Catterall, and V.L. Trainer.
2005. Sodium channel mutation leading to saxitoxin resistance in clams increases risk of PSP.
Nature 434:763–767. doi: 10.1038/nature03415.
Brodie, E.D.I. and E.D. Brodie Jr. 1990. Tetrodotoxin resistance in garter snakes: An evolutionary
response of predators to dangerous prey. Evolution 44:651–659. doi: 10.2307/2409442.
Brookens, T.J., J.T. Harvey, and T.M. O’Hara. 2007. Trace element concentrations in the Pacific harbor
seal (Phoca vitulina richardii) in central and northern California. Science of the Total Environment
372:676–692. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.006.
Carvan III, M.J. and D.L. Busbee. 2003. Mechanisms of aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity: Implications
for cetacean morbidity and mortality. In Toxicology of Marine Mammals, New Perspectives:
Toxicology of the Marine Environment, eds. J.G. Vos, G. Bossart, M. Fournier, and T. O’Shea.
Taylor & Francis, London, UK, pp. 429–457.
Castle, J.W. and J.H. Rodgers. 2009. Hypothesis for the role of toxin-producing algae in Phanerozoic
mass extinctions based on evidence from the geologic record and modern environments.
Environmental Geosciences 16:1–23. doi: 10.1306/eg.08110808003.
Caurant, F., M. Navarro, and J.C. Amiard. 1996. Mercury in pilot whales: Possible limits to the detoxification process. Science of the Total Environment 186:95–104.
Chambers, I., J. Frampton, P. Goldfarb, N. Affara, W. McBain, and P.R. Harrison. 1986. The structure
of the mouse glutathione peroxidase gene: The selenocysteine in the active site is encoded by
the “termination” codon, TGA. EMBO Journal 5 (6):1221–1227.
Clarkson, T.W. and L. Magos. 2006. The toxicology of mercury and its chemical compounds. Critical
Reviews in Toxicology 36 (8):609–662. doi: 10.1080/10408440600845619.
Coelho, J.P., C.L. Mieiro, E. Pereira, A.C. Duarte, and M.A. Pardal. 2013. Mercury biomagnification
in a contaminated estuary food web: Effects of age and trophic position using stable isotope
analyses. Marine Pollution Bulletin 69 (1–6):110–115. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.01.021.
Cook, P., C. Reichmuth, and F. Gulland. 2011. Rapid behavioural diagnosis of domoic acid toxicosis
in California sea lions. Biology Letters 7:536–538. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0127.
Costa, D.P., B.J. LeBoeuf, A.C. Huntley, and C.L. Ortiz. 1986. The energetics of lactation in the
northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Journal of Zoology 209:21–33. doi: 10.1111/j.14697998.1986.tb03563.x.
Cumeras, R., W.H.K. Cheung, F. Gulland, D. Goley, and C.E. Davis. 2014. Chemical analysis of whale
breath volatiles: A case study for non-invasive field health diagnostics of marine mammals.
Metabolites 4:790–806. doi: 10.3390/metabo4030790.
Cusick, K.D. and G.S. Sayler. 2013. An overview on the marine neurotoxin, saxitoxin: Genetics,
molecular targets, methods of detection and ecological functions. Marine Drugs 11:991–1018.
doi: 10.3390/md11040991.
Das, K., U. Siebert, A. Gillet, A. Dupont, C. Di-Poï, S. Fonfara, Z. Mazzucchelli, and E. De Pauw-Gillet.
2008. Mercury immune toxicity in harbour seals: Links to in vitro toxicity. Environmental Health
7:52. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-52.