Sampling Walrus Tissue at Point Lay, Alaska (IMAGE)

NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region

Sampling Walrus Tissue at Point Lay, Alaska

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Warren Harding Lampe, left, and Raphaela Stimmelmayr of the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management collect tissue sample from a walrus at Point Lay, Alaska. Walrus were among the Alaska marine mammals that showed exposure to harmful algal toxins.

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Anna Bryan, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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