Cooper J E, Laurie W A
J Comp Pathol. 1987 Mar;97(2):129-36. doi: 10.1016/0021-9975(87)90032-6.
Large numbers of marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus Bell) died on the Galapagos between December 1982 and August 1983. Gross and histopathological examination of five of these animals and comparison with three 1984 individuals indicated that the former had died of starvation. This was attributed to an inability to digest new species of algae which had flourished in the sea because of a rise in temperature associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation event in 1982 to 83. In 1984 to 85, after El Niño, conditions on the islands returned to normal; the original algal flora began to predominate and the iguana population showed a marked recovery, with increased rates of growth, survival and reproduction.
1982年12月至1983年8月期间，大量海鬣蜥（学名：Amblyrhynchus cristatus Bell）在加拉帕戈斯群岛死亡。对其中五只海鬣蜥进行大体和组织病理学检查，并与1984年的三只个体进行比较，结果表明前者死于饥饿。这归因于它们无法消化因1982年至1983年厄尔尼诺-南方涛动事件导致海水温度上升而大量繁殖的新藻类物种。1984年至1985年，厄尔尼诺现象过后，岛上的情况恢复正常；原来的藻类群落开始占主导地位，海鬣蜥种群显著恢复，生长、存活和繁殖率都有所提高。
