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Contents

Preface

Ciguatera: A Legal and Social Overview
by David W. Nellis and Geoffrey W. Barnard

Epidemiology and Impact of Ciguatera in the Pacific: A Review
by Nancy Davis Lewis

Identification and Epidemiological Analysis
of Ciguatera Cases in Puerto Rico
by G. Escalona de Motta, J. F. Feliu, and A. Izquierdo

The Chemical Nature of Scaritoxin
by Yong-Goe Joh and Paul J. Scheuer

Resolution of Ciguatera-Associated Toxins
Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
by Thomas B. Higerd, John A. Babinchak, Paul J. Scheuer, and David J. Jollow

An HPLC-Fluorescence Method for Identifying a Toxic
Fraction Extracted from the Marine Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus
by L. V. Sick, D. C. Hansen, J. A. Babinchak, and T. B. Higerd

Response of Mice to Gambierdiscus toxicus Toxin
by Bonnie A. Kelley, David J. Jollow, Edwin T. Felton,
Michael S. Voegtline and Thomas B. Higerd

Thecal Analysis of the Tropical
Benthic Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus
by Alfred R. Loeblich III and Stephen R. Indelicato

Identification of the Photosynthetic Pigments of the Tropical
Benthic Dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus
by Stephen R. Indelicato and David A. Watson

Gambierdiscus toxicus from the Caribbean:
A Source of Toxins Involved in Ciguatera
by Joseph P. McMillan, Patricia A. Hoffman, and H. Ray Granade

Toxin Production by Gambierdiscus
toxicus Isolated from the Florida Keys
by John A. Babinchak, David J. Jollow, Michael S. Voegtline, and Thomas B. Higerd

Comparative Toxicity of Gambierdiscus toxicus,
Ostreopsis cf. lenticularis, and Associated Microflora
by T. R. Tosteson, D. L. Ballantine, C. G. Tosteson,
A. T. Bardales, H. D. Durst, and T. B. Higerd

Economic Aspects of the Japanese Kamaboko Industry
by Myles Raizin and Lloyd Regier

Products and Markets for Small Louisiana Shrimp
by Perry W. Pawlyk and Kenneth J. Roberts