Toxicity and Treatment of Sea Snake Envenomation,

Abstract

In recent years, increasing interest has been directed to the sea snakes of the family Hydrophidae with special attention to their behavior, general biology, and the chemical nature of their venoms. Perhaps the greatest current interest in sea snakes lies in the probability of one species, Pelamis platurus (the yellow bellied sea snake), being an early immigrant into the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean when a Middle American sea-level canal is constructed. At present no resident, reproducing population of sea snakes of any species has been described from the Caribbean Sea or the Atlantic Ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056492

Entities

People

  • George V. Pickwell
  • James A. Vick

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Bites And Stings
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Caribbean Sea
  • Dead Time
  • Heart Rate
  • Liquids
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Monkeys
  • New York
  • Oceans
  • Periodicals
  • Snake Bites
  • Snakes
  • Toxicity
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Riverine Ecology
  • Urban Planning and Geography.