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Algal Blooms and Marine Biotoxins: 2005 Publications

Aasen, J., Samdal, I.A., Miles, C.O., Dahl, E., Briggs, L.R., and Aune, T.  Yessotoxins in Norwegian blue mussels (Mytilus edulis): uptake from Protoceratium reticulatum, metabolism and depuration.  Toxicon 45(3): 265-272, 2005.

Albert, S., O’Neil, J.M., Udy, J.W., Ahern, K.S., O’Sullivan, C.M., and Dennison, W.C.  Blooms of the cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula in coastal Queensland, Australia: disparate sites, common factors.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 51(1-4): 428-437, 2005.

Baden, D.G., Bourdelais, A.J., Jacocks, H., Michelliza, S., and Naar, J.  Natural and derivative brevetoxins: Historical background, multiplicity, and effects.  Environmental Health Perspectives 113(5): 621-625, 2005.
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Batoréu, M.C.C., Dias, E., Pereira, P., and Franca, S.  Risk of human exposure to paralytic toxins of algal origin.  Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 19(3): 401-406, 2005.

Beman, J.M., Arrigo, K.R., and Matson, P.A.  Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean.  Nature 434(7030): 211-214, 2005.

Burkholder, J.M., Gordon, A.S., Moeller, P.D., Law, J.M., Coyne, K.J., Lewitus, A.J., Ramsdell, J.S., Marshall, H.G., Deamer, N.J., Cary, S.C., Kempton, J.W., Morton, S.L., and Rublee, P.A.  Demonstration of toxicity to fish and to mammalian cells by Pfiesteria species: Comparison of assay methods and strains.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [USA] 102(9): 3471-3476, 2005.

Capper, A., Tibbetts, I.R., O'Neil, Y.M., and Shaw, G.R.  The fate of Lyngbya majuscula toxins in three potential consumers.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 31(7): 1595-1606, 2005.

Cheng, Y.S., Zhou, Y., Irvin, C.M., Pierce, R.H., Naar, J., Backer, L.C., Fleming, L.E., Kirkpatrick, B., and Baden, D.G.  Characterization of marine aerosol for assessment of human exposure to brevetoxins.  Environmental Health Perspectives 113(5): 638-643, 2005.
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Cloern, J.E., Schraga, T.S., Lopez, C.B., Knowles, N., Labiosa, R.G., and Dugdale, R.  Climate anomalies generate an exceptional dinoflagellate bloom in San Francisco Bay.  Geophysical Research Letters 32(14): art. L14608, 2005.

Colman, J.R., Twiner, M.J., Hess, P., McMahon, T., Satake, M., Yasumoto, T., Doucette, G.J., and Ramsdell, J.S.  Teratogenic effects of azaspiracid-1 identified by microinjection of Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos.  Toxicon 45(7): 881-890, 2005.

Costa, P.R., Rosa, R., Duarte-Silva, A., Brotas, V., and Sampayo, M.A.M.  Accumulation, transformation and tissue distribution of domoic acid, the amnesic shellfish poisoning toxin, in the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis.  Aquatic Toxicology 74(1): 82-91, 2005.

Costa, P.R., Rosa, R., Pereira, J., and Sampayo, M.A.M.  Detection of domoic acid, the amnesic shellfish toxin, in the digestive gland of Eledone cirrhosa and E. moschata (Cephalopoda, Octopoda) from the Portuguese coast.  Aquatic Living Resourcesð 18(4): 395-400, 2005.

Cox, P.A., Banack, S.A., Murch, S.J., Rasmussen, U., Tien, G., Bidigare, R.R., Metcalf, J.S., Morrison, L. F., Codd, G. A., and Bergman, B.  Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce β-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [USA] 102(14): 5074-5078, 2005.

Fire, S.E. and Silver, M.W.  Domoic acid in the Santa Cruz wharf fishery.  California Fish and Game 91(3): 179-192, 2005.

Fleming, L.E., Backer, L.C., and Baden, D.G.  Overview of aerosolized Florida red tide toxins: Exposures and effects.  Environmental Health Perspectives 113(5): 618-620, 2005.
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Flewelling, L.J., Naar, J.P., Abbott, J.P., Baden, D.G., Barros, N.B., Bossart, G.D., Bottein, M.-Y.D., Hammond, D.G., Haubold, E.M., Heil, C.A., Henry, M.S., Jacocks, H.M., Leighfield, T.A., Pierce, R.H., Pitchford, T.D., Rommel, S.A., Scott, P.S., Steidinger, K.A., Truby, E.W., Van Dolah, F.M., and Landsberg, J.H.  Brevetoxicosis: Red tides and marine mammal mortalities.  Nature 435: 755-756, 2005.

Friedman, M.A. and Levin, B.E.  Neurobehavioral effects of harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxins: A critical review.  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 11(4): 331-338, 2005.

Gallitelli, M., Ungaro, N., Addante, L.M., Procacci, V., Silver, N.G., and Sabba, C.  Respiratory illness as a reaction to tropical algal blooms occurring in a temperate climate.  Journal of the American Medical Association 293(21): 2599-2600, 2005.

Glibert, P.M., Anderson, D.M., Gentien, P., Granéli, E., and Sellner, K.G.  The global, complex phenomena of harmful algal blooms.  Oceanography 18(2), 2005.

Glibert, P.M., Seitzinger, S., Heil, C.A., Burkholder, J.M., Parrow, M.W., Codispoti, L.A., and Kelly, V.  The role of eutrophication in the global proliferation of harmful algal blooms.  Oceanography 18(2), 2005.

Gobler, C.J., Lonsdale, D.J., and Boyer, G.L.  A review of the causes, effects, and potential management of harmful brown tide blooms caused by Aureococcus anophagefferens (Hargraves et Sieburth).  Estuaries 28(5): 726-749, 2005.

Gribble, K.E., Keafer, B.A., Quilliam, M.A., Cembella, A.D., Kulis, D.M., Manahan, A., and Anderson, D.M.  Distribution and toxicity of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) in the Gulf of Maine, USA.  Deep Sea Research Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography 52(19-21): 2745-2763, 2005.

Hajdu, S., Pertola, S., and Kuosa, H.  Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae) in the Baltic Sea: morphology, occurrence - a review.  Harmful Algae 4(3): 471-480, 2005.

Heil, C.A., Glibert, P.M., and Fan, C.  Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller: A review of a harmful algal bloom species of growing worldwide importance.  Harmful Algae 4(3): 449-470, 2005.

Hudnell, H.K.  Chronic biotoxin-associated illness: Multiple-system symptoms, a vision deficit, and effective treatment.  Neurotoxicology and Teratology 27(5): 733-743, 2005.

James, K.J., Gillman, M., Amandi, M.F., López-Rivera, A., Puente, P.F., Lehane, M., Mitrovic, S., and Furey, A.  Amnesic shellfish poisoning toxins in bivalve molluscs in Ireland.  Toxicon 46(8): 852-858, 2005.

Isbister, G.K. and Kiernan, M.C.  Neurotoxic marine poisoning.  Lancet Neurology 4(4): 219-228, 2005.

Jorgensen, K., Scanlon, S., and Jensen, L.B.  Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning toxin esters in Danish blue mussels and surf clams.  Food Additives and Contaminants 22(8): 743-751, 2005.

Keppler, C.J., Hoguet, J., Smith, K., Ringwood, A.H., and Lewitus, A.J.  Sublethal effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the southeastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica).  Harmful Algae 4(2): 275-285, 2005.

Kudela, R., Pitcher, G., Probyn, T., Figueiras, F., Moita, T., and Trainer, V.  Harmful algal blooms in coastal upwelling systems.  Oceanography 18(2), 2005.

Lapointe, B.E., Barile, P.J., Littler, M.M., Littler, D.S., Bedford, B.J., and Gasque, C.  Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs I. Nutrient stoichiometry of the invasive green alga Codium isthmocladum in the wider Caribbean indicates nutrient enrichment.  Harmful Algae 4(6): 1092-1105, 2005.

Lapointe, B.E., Barile, P.J., Littler, M.M., and Littler, D.S.  Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs II. Cross-shelf discrimination of nitrogen sources indicates widespread assimilation of sewage nitrogen.  Harmful Algae 4(6): 1106-1122, 2005.

Lehman, P.W., Boyer, G., Hall, C., Waller, S., and Gehrts, K.  Distribution and toxicity of a new colonial Microcystis aeruginosa bloom in the San Francisco Bay Estuary, California.  Hydrobiologia 541: 87-99, 2005.

Luckas, B., Dahlmann, J., Erler, K., Gerdts, G., Wasmund, N., Hummert, C., and Hansen, P.D.  Overview of key phytoplankton toxins and their recent occurrence in the North and Baltic seas.  Environmental Toxicology 20(1): 1-17, 2005.

Martins, R., Pereira, P., Welker, M., Fastner, J., and Vasconcelos, V.M.  Toxicity of culturable cyanobacteria strains isolated from the Portuguese coast.  Toxicon 46(4): 454-464, 2005.

Maucher, J.M. and Ramsdell, J.S.  Domoic acid transfer to milk: evaluation of a potential route of neonatal exposure.  Environmental Health Perspectives 113(4): 461-464, 2005.
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Morand, P. and Merceron, M.  Macroalgal population and sustainability.  Journal of Coastal Research 21(5): 1009-1020, 2005.

Okolodkov, Y.B.  The global distributional patterns of toxic, bloom dinoflagellates recorded from the Eurasian Arctic.  Harmful Algae 4(2): 351-369, 2005.

Paul, V.J., Thacker, R.W., Banks, K., and Golubic, S.  Benthic cyanobacterial bloom impacts the reefs of South Florida (Broward County, USA).  Coral Reefs 24(4): 693-697, 2005.

Penna, A., Garces, E., Vila, M., Giacobbe, M.G., Fraga, S., Luglie, A., Bravo, I., Bertozzini, E., and Vernesi, C.  Alexandrium catenella (Dinophyceae), a toxic ribotype expanding in the NW Mediterranean Sea.  Marine Biology 148(1): 13-23, 2005.

Peperzak, L.  Future increase in harmful algal blooms in the North Sea due to climate change.  Water Science and Technology 51(5): 31-36, 2005.

Pertola, S., Kuosa, H., and Olsonen, R.  Is the invasion of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae) related to the nitrogen enrichment of the Baltic Sea?  Harmful Algae 4(3): 481-492, 2005.

Pihl, L., Modin, J., and Wennhage, H.  Relating plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) recruitment to deteriorating habitat quality: effects of macroalgal blooms in coastal nursery grounds.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(5): 1184-1193, 2005.
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Randall, J.E.  Review of clupeotoxism, an often fatal illness from the consumption of clupeoid fishes.  Pacific Science 59(1): 73-77, 2005.

Ritson-Williams, R., Paul, V.J., and Bonito, V.  Marine benthic cyanobacteria overgrow coral reef organisms.  Coral Reefs 24(4): 629, 2005.

Rublee, P.A., Remington, D.L., Schaefer, E.F., and Marshall, M.M.  Detection of the dinozoans Pfiesteria piscicida and P. shumwayae: A review of detection methods and geographic distribution.  Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 52(2): 83-89, 2005.

Schoemann, W., Becquevort, S., Stefels, J., Rousseau, W., and Lancelot, C.  Phaeocystis blooms in the global ocean and their controlling mechanisms: a review.  Journal of Sea Research 53(1-2): 43-66, 2005.

Sierra-Beltrán, A.P., Cortés-Altamirano, R., and Cortés-Lara, M.C.  Occurrences of Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) in México.  Harmful Algae 4(3): 507-517, 2005.

Silvagni, P.A., Lowenstine, L.J., Spraker, T., Lipscomb, T.P., and Gulland, F.M.D.  Pathology of domoic acid toxicity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).  Veterinary Pathology 42(2): 184-191, 2005.

Suarez-Gomez, B., Souto, M.L., Cruz, P.G., Fernandez, J.J., and Norte, M.  New targets in diarrhetic shellfish poisoning control.  Journal of Natural Products 68(4): 596-599, 2005.

Tango, P.J., Magnien, R., Butler, W., Luckett, C., Luckenbach, M., Lacouture, R., and Poukish, C.  Impacts and potential effects due to Prorocentrum minimum blooms in Chesapeake Bay.  Harmful Algae 4(3): 525-531, 2005.

Torgersen, T., Aasen, J., and Aune, T.  Diarrhetic shellfish poisoning by okadaic acid esters from brown crabs (Cancer pagurus) in Norway.  Toxicon 46(5): 572-578, 2005.

Twiner, M.J., Hess, P., Bottein Dechraoui, M.-Y., McMahon, T., Samons, M.S., Satake, M., Yasumoto, T., Ramsdell, J.S., and Doucette, G.J.  Cytotoxic and cytoskeletal effects of azaspiracid-1 on mammalian cell lines.  Toxicon 45(7): 891-900, 2005.

Vershinin, A.O., Moruchkov, A.A., Leighfield, T., Sukhanova, I.N., Pankov, S.L., Morton, S.L., and Ramsdell, J.S.  Potentially toxic algae in the coastal phytoplankton of the northeast Black Sea in 2001-2002.  Oceanology 45(2): 224-232, 2005.

Wiegand, C. and Pflugmacher, S.  Ecotoxicological effects of selected cyanobacterial secondary metabolites: a short review.  Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 203(3): 201-218, 2005.

Wikfors, G.H.  A review and new analysis of trophic interactions between Prorocentrum minimum and clams, scallops, and oysters.  Harmful Algae 4(3): 585-592, 2005.

Wong, C.-K., Hung, P., Lee, K.L.H., and Kam, K.-M.  Study of an outbreak of ciguatera fish poisoning in Hong Kong.  Toxicon 46(5): 563-571, 2005.