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Algal Blooms and Marine Biotoxins: 2003 Publications

Brownie, C., Glasgow, H.B., Burkholder, J.M., Reed, R., and Tang, Y.Q.  Re-evaluation of the relationship between Pfiesteria and estuarine fish kills.  Ecosystems 6(1): 1-10, 2003.

Cembella, A.D.  Chemical ecology of eukaryotic microalgae in marine ecosystems.  Phycologia 42(4): 420-447, 2003.

Colman, J.R. and Ramsdell, J.S.  The type B brevetoxin (PbTx-3) adversely affects development, cardiovascular function, and survival in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos.  Environmental Health Perspectives 111(16): 1920-1925, 2003.
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Furey, A., Moroney, C., Magdalena, A.B., Saez, M.J.F., Lehane, M., and James, K.J.  Geographical, temporal, and species variation of the polyether toxins, azaspiracids, in shellfish.  Environmental Science and Technology 37(14): 3078-3084, 2003.

Haider, S., Naithani, V., Viswanathan, P.N., and Kakkar, P.  Cyanobacterial toxins: a growing environmental concern.  Chemosphere 52(1): 1-21, 2003.

Hu, C., Hackett, K.E., Callahan, M.K., Andréfouët, S., Wheaton, J.L., Porter, J.W., and Muller-Karger, F.E.  The 2002 ocean color anomaly in the Florida Bight: A cause of local coral reef decline?  Geophysical Research Letters 30(3): art. 1151, 2003.

Irwin, A., Hallegraeff, G.M., McMinn, A., Harrison, J., and Heijnis, H.  Cyst and radionuclide evidence demonstrate historic Gymnodinium catenatum dinoflagellate populations in Manukau and Hokianga Harbours, New Zealand.  Harmful Algae 2(1): 61-74, 2003.

James, K.J., Moroney, C., Roden, C., Satake, M., Yasumoto, T., Lehane, M., and Furey, A.  Ubiquitous `benign' alga emerges as the cause of shellfish contamination responsible for the human toxic syndrome, azaspiracid poisoning.  Toxicon 41(2): 145-151, 2003.

Magaña, H.A., Contreras, C., and Villareal, T.A.  A historical assessment of Karenia brevis in the western Gulf of Mexico.  Harmful Algae 2(3): 163-171, 2003.

Magdalena, A.B., Lehane, M., Krys, S., Fernández, M.-L., Furey, A., and James, K.J.  The first identification of azaspiracids in shellfish from France and Spain.  Toxicon 42(1): 105-108, 2003.

Magdalena, A.B., Lehane, M., Moroney, C., Furey, A., and James, K.J.  Food safety implications of the distribution of azaspiracids in the tissue compartments of scallops (Pecten maximus).  Food Additives and Contaminants 20(2): 154-160, 2003.

Maso, M., Garces, E., Pages, F., and Camp, J.  Drifting plastic debris as a potential vector for dispersing Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) species.  Scientia Marina 67(1): 107-111, 2003.
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Ochoa, J.-L.  ENSO phenomenon and toxic red tides in Mexico.  Geofísica Internacional 42(3): 505-515, 2003.

Peperzak, L.  Climate change and harmful algal blooms in the North Sea.  Acta Oecologica 24: S139-S144, 2003.

Poletti, R., Milandri, A., and Pompei, M.  Algal biotoxins of marine origin: New indications from the European Union.  Veterinary Research Communications 27(Supplement 1): 173-182, 2003.

Shumway, S.E., Allen, S.M., and Boersma, P.D.  Marine birds and harmful algal blooms: sporadic victims or under-reported events?  Harmful Algae 2(1): 1-17, 2003.

Stal, L.J., Albertano, P., Bergman, B., von Brockel, K., Gallon, J.R., Hayes, P.K., Sivonen, K., and Walsby, A.E.  BASIC: Baltic Sea cyanobacteria. An investigation of the structure and dynamics of water blooms of cyanobacteria in the Baltic Sea - responses to a changing environment.  Continental Shelf Research 23(17-19): 1695-1714, 2003.

Taniyama, S., Arakawa, O., Terada, M., Nishio, S., Takatani, T., Mahmud, Y., and Noguchi, T.  Ostreopsis sp., a possible origin of palytoxin (PTX) in parrotfish Scarus ovifrons.  Toxicon 42(1): 29-33, 2003.

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