--- cited_by: - publication: /report/nca3/chapter/southeast publication_type: chapter reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab - publication: /report/nca3/chapter/southeast/finding/effects-of-increased-extreme-heat publication_type: finding reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab - publication: /report/nca3 publication_type: report reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab - publication: /report/usgcrp-climate-human-health-assessment-2016/chapter/water-related-illnesses publication_type: chapter reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab - publication: /report/usgcrp-climate-human-health-assessment-2016 publication_type: report reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab contributors: - display_name: 'Author : Patricia A. Tester (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/19848.yaml id: 19848 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service identifier: noaa-national-ocean-service name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov organization_uri: /organization/noaa-national-ocean-service person: display_name: Patricia A. Tester first_name: Patricia A. id: 4525 last_name: Tester middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: http://www.gulfbase.org/person/view.php?uid=ptester person_id: 4525 person_uri: /person/4525 role_type_identifier: author uri: /contributor/19848 - display_name: 'Author : Rebecca L. Feldman (RLF Environmental) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/19852.yaml id: 19852 organization: country_code: US display_name: RLF Environmental identifier: rlf-environmental name: RLF Environmental organization_type_identifier: ~ type: organization url: ~ organization_uri: /organization/rlf-environmental person: display_name: Rebecca L. Feldman first_name: Rebecca L. id: 4424 last_name: Feldman middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: ~ person_id: 4424 person_uri: /person/4424 role_type_identifier: author uri: /contributor/19852 - display_name: 'Author : Amy W. Nau (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/19849.yaml id: 19849 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service identifier: noaa-national-ocean-service name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov organization_uri: /organization/noaa-national-ocean-service person: display_name: Amy W. Nau first_name: Amy W. id: 4526 last_name: Nau middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: ~ person_id: 4526 person_uri: /person/4526 role_type_identifier: author uri: /contributor/19849 - display_name: 'Author : Steven R. Kibler (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/19850.yaml id: 19850 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service identifier: noaa-national-ocean-service name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov organization_uri: /organization/noaa-national-ocean-service person: display_name: Steven R. Kibler first_name: Steven R. id: 4527 last_name: Kibler middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: ~ person_id: 4527 person_uri: /person/4527 role_type_identifier: author uri: /contributor/19850 - display_name: 'Author : R. Wayne Litaker (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/19851.yaml id: 19851 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service identifier: noaa-national-ocean-service name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Ocean Service organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov organization_uri: /organization/noaa-national-ocean-service person: display_name: R. Wayne Litaker first_name: R. id: 4528 last_name: Wayne Litaker middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: ~ person_id: 4528 person_uri: /person/4528 role_type_identifier: author uri: /contributor/19851 description: 'Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a circumtropical disease caused by ingestion of a variety of reef fish that bioaccumulate algal toxins. Distribution and abundance of the organisms that produce these toxins, chiefly dinoflagellates of the genus Gambierdiscus, are reported to correlate positively with water temperature. Consequently, there is growing concern that increasing temperatures associated with climate change could increase the incidence of CFP. This concern prompted experiments on the growth rates of six Gambierdiscus species at temperatures between 18 degC and 33 degC and the examination of sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean and West Indies for areas that could sustain rapid Gambierdiscus growth rates year-round. The thermal optimum for five of six Gambierdiscus species tested was [?]29 degC. Long-term SST data from the southern Gulf of Mexico indicate the number of days with sea surface temperatures [?]29 degC has nearly doubled (44 to 86) in the last three decades. To determine how the sea surface temperatures and Gambierdiscus growth data correlate with CFP incidences in the Caribbean, a literature review and a uniform, region-wide survey (1996-2006) of CFP cases were conducted. The highest CFP incidence rates were in the eastern Caribbean where water temperatures are warmest and least variable. ' display_name: Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.02.026 files: [] href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/article/10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.02.026.yaml identifier: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.02.026 journal_identifier: toxicon journal_pages: 698-710 journal_vol: 56 notes: ~ parents: - display_name: 'NCA3 Chapter 17: Southeast and the Caribbean' reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab relationship: cito:isCitedBy uri: /report/nca3/chapter/southeast - display_name: NCA3 Finding 17.2 reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab relationship: cito:isCitedBy uri: /report/nca3/chapter/southeast/finding/effects-of-increased-extreme-heat - display_name: 'Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment' reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab relationship: cito:isCitedBy uri: /report/nca3 - display_name: "Chapter 6: Climate Impacts on Water-Related Illnesses (in 'The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment')" reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab relationship: cito:isCitedBy uri: /report/usgcrp-climate-human-health-assessment-2016/chapter/water-related-illnesses - display_name: 'The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States: A Scientific Assessment' reference: /reference/659613d7-c0e0-4f84-88b9-7e18e9815bab relationship: cito:isCitedBy uri: /report/usgcrp-climate-human-health-assessment-2016 references: [] title: Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies type: article uri: /article/10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.02.026 url: ~ year: 2010