What killed the Abalone in 2011 – Caper Solved: Gonyaulax toxin. Posted on 2014/05/07 by Empire Report Gonyaulax toxin CDFW and University Researchers Use Forensic Genomics to Track Down a Killer | CDFW News. Original Study: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2014/140416/ncomms4652/full/ncomms4652.html#affil-auth