An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

Ryan M McCabe1, Barbara M Hickey2, Raphael Martin Kudela3, Kathi A Lefebvre4, Nicolaus G Adams5, Brian D Bill6, Frances M D Gulland7, Richard Thomson8, William P Cochlan9 and Vera L Trainer5, (1)University of Washington, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, (3)University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (4)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Biotoxins Program, Seattle, WA, United States, (6)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Marine Biotoxins, Seattle, WA, United States, (7)The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA, United States, (8)Inst Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada, (9)San Francisco State University - Romberg Tiburon Center, Tiburon, CA, United States