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Algal Blooms and Marine Biotoxins: 2007 Publications

Ahern, K.S., Ahern, C.R., and Udy, J.W.  Nutrient additions generate prolific growth of Lyngbya majuscula (Cyanobacteria) in field and bioassay experiments.  Harmful Algae 6(1): 134-151, 2007.

Ahern, K.S., Ahern, C.R., Savige, G.M., and Udy, J.W.  Mapping the distribution, biomass and tissue nutrient levels of a marine benthic cyanobacteria bloom (Lyngbya majuscula).  Marine and Freshwater Research 58(10): 883-904, 2007.

Bolch, C.J.S. and de Salas, M.F.  A review of the molecular evidence for ballast water introduction of the toxic dinoflagellates Gymnodinium catenatum and the Alexandrium ''tamarensis complex'' to Australasia.  Harmful Algae 6(4): 465-485, 2007.

Brand, L.E. and Compton, A.  Long-term increase in Karenia brevis abundance along the Southwest Florida coast.  Harmful Algae 6(2): 232-252, 2007.

Carstensen, J., Henriksen, P., and Heiskanen, A.S.  Summer algal blooms in shallow estuaries: Definition, mechanisms, and link to eutrophication.  Limnology and Oceanography 52(1): 370-384, 2007.

Cloern, J.E., Jassby, A.D., Thompson, J.K., and Hieb, K.A.  A cold phase of the East Pacific triggers new phytoplankton blooms in San Francisco Bay.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [USA]  104(47): 18561-18565, 2007.

Edvardsen, B., Eikrem, W., Shalchian-Tabrizi, K., Riisberg, I., Johnsen, G., Naustvoll, L., and Throndsen, J.  Verrucophora farcimen gen. et sp. nov. (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) - a bloom-forming ichthyotoxic flagellate from the Skagerrak, Norway.  Journal of Phycology 43(5): 1054-1070, 2007.

Engelhaupt, E.  New Pfiesteria toxin identified.  Environmental Science and Technology 41(4): 1060, 2007.

Fire, S.E., Fauquier, D., Flewelling, L.J., Henry, M., Naar, J., Pierce, R., and Wells, R.S.  Brevetoxin exposure in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) associated with Karenia brevis blooms in Sarasota Bay, Florida.  Marine Biology 152(4): 827-834, 2007.

Garcia-Camacho, F., Rodriguez, J.G., Miron, A.S., Garcia, M.C.C., Belarbi, E.H., Chisti, Y., and Grima, E.M.  Biotechnological significance of toxic marine dinoflagellates.  Biotechnology Advances 25(2): 176-194, 2007.

Giacobbe, M.G., Penna, A., Gangemi, E., Maso, M., Garces, E., Fraga, S., Bravo, I., Azzaro, F., and Penna, N.  Recurrent high-biomass blooms of Alexandrium taylorii (Dinophyceae), a HAB species expanding in the Mediterranean.  Hydrobiologia 580: 125-133, 2007.

Glibert, P.M., Wazniak, C.E., Hall, M.R., and Sturgis, B.  Seasonal and interannual trends in nitrogen and brown tide in Maryland's coastal bays.  Ecological Applications 17(5): S79-S87, 2007.

Haglund, P., Malmvarn, A., Bergek, S., Bignert, A., Kautsky, L., Nakano, T., Wiberg, K., and Asplund, L.  Brominated dibenzo-p-dioxins:  A new class of marine toxins?  Environmental Science and Technology 41(9): 3069-3074, 2007.

Halinen, K., Jokela, J., Fewer, D.P., Wahsten, M., and Sivonen, K.  Direct evidence for production of microcystins by Anabaena strains from the Baltic Sea.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(20): 6543-6550, 2007.

Hernandez-Becerril, D.U. et al.  Toxic and harmful marine phytoplankton and microalgae (HABs) in Mexican coasts.  Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A - Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering 42(10): 1349-1363, 2007.

Hoppenrath, M., Elbrachter, M., Halliger, H., Koeman, R.P.T., Krakhmalnyy, A., Surek, B., Erler, K., and Luckas, B.  First records of the benthic, bloom-forming, non-toxic dinoflagellate Thecadinium yashimaense (Dinophyceae) in Europe: with special emphasis on the invasion in the North Sea.  Helgoland Marine Research 61(3): 157-165, 2007.

Ibelings, B.W. and Chorus, I.  Accumulation of cyanobacterial toxins in freshwater ''seafood'' and its consequences for public health: A review.  Environmental Pollution 150(1): 177-192, 2007.

Karjalainen, M., Engstrom-Ost, J., Korpinen, S., Peltonen, H., Paakkonen, J.P., Ronkkonen, S., Suikkanen, S., and Viitasalo, M.  Ecosystem consequences of cyanobacteria in the northern Baltic Sea.  Ambio 36(2-3): 195-202, 2007.

Korpinen, S., Honkanen, T., Vesakoski, O., Hemmi, A., Koivikko, R., Loponen, J., and Jormalainen, V.  Macroalgal communities face the challenge of changing biotic interactions: Review with focus on the Baltic Sea.  Ambio 36(2-3): 203-211, 2007.

Lapointe, B.E. and Bedford, B.J.  Drift rhodophyte blooms emerge in Lee County, Florida, USA: Evidence of escalating coastal eutrophication.  Harmful Algae 6(3): 421-437, 2007.

Larkin, S.L. and Adams, C.M.  Harmful algal blooms and coastal business: economic consequences in Florida.  Society and Natural Resources 20(9): 849-859, 2007.

Leverone, J.R., Shumway, S.E., and Blake, N.J.  Comparative effects of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia brevis on clearance rates in juveniles of four bivalve molluscs from Florida, USA.  Toxicon 49(5): 634-645, 2007.

Maranda, L., Corwin, S., Dover, S., and Morton, S.L.  Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) in northeastern USA coastal waters - II: Toxin load in the epibiota and in shellfish.  Harmful Algae 6(5): 632-641, 2007.

Moeller, P.D.R., Beauchesne, K.R., Huncik, K.M., Davis, W.C., Christopher, S.J., Riggs-Gelasco, P., and Gelasco, A.K.  Metal complexes and free radical toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida.  Environmental Science and Technology 41(4): 1166-1172, 2007.

Mohamed, Z.A. and Mesaad, I.  First report on Noctiluca scintillans blooms in the Red Sea off the coasts of Saudi Arabia: consequences of eutrophication.  Oceanologia 49(3): 337-351, 2007.

Negri, A.P., Bolch, C.J.S., Geier, S., Green, D.H., Park, T.G., and Blackburn, S.I.  Widespread presence of hydrophobic paralytic shellfish toxins in Gymnodinium catenatum.  Harmful Algae 6(6): 774-780, 2007.

Saito, K., Drgon, T., Krupatkina, D.N., Drgonova, J., Terlizzi, D.E., Mercer, N., and Vasta, G.R.  Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on in vitro proliferation, encystment, and excystment of Pfiesteria piscicida.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(20): 6410-6420, 2007.

Schnetzer, A., Miller, P.E., Schaffner, R.A., Stauffer, B.A., Jones, B.H., Weisberg, S.B., Digiacomo, P.M., Berelson, W.M., and Caron, D.A.  Blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the San Pedro Channel and Los Angeles harbor areas of the Southern California Bight, 2003- 2004.  Harmful Algae 6(3): 372-387, 2007.

Sephton, D.H., Haya, X., Martin, J.L., LeGresley, M.M., and Page, F.H.  Paralytic shellfish toxins in zooplankton, mussels, lobsters and caged Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, during a bloom of Alexandrium fundyense off Grand Manan Island, in the Bay of Fundy.  Harmful Algae 6(5): 745-758, 2007.

Sivonen, K., Halinen, K., Sihvonen, L.M., Koskenniemi, K., Sinkko, H., Rantasarkka, K., Moisander, P.H., and Lyra, C.  Bacterial diversity and function in the Baltic Sea with an emphasis on cyanobacteria.  Ambio 36(2-3): 180-185, 2007.

Smayda, T.J.  Reflections on the ballast water dispersal - harmful algal bloom paradigm.  Harmful Algae 6(4): 601-622, 2007.

Steensma, D.P.  Exacerbation of asthma by Florida "red tide" during an ocean sailing trip.  Mayo Clinic Proceedings 82(9): 1128-1130, 2007.

Stephen, V.C. and Hockey, P.A.R.  Evidence for an increasing incidence and severity of Harmful Algal Blooms in the southern Benguela region.  South African Journal of Science 103(5-6): 223-231, 2007.

Vahtera, E., Conley, D.J., Gustafsson, B.G., Kuosa, H., Pitkanen, H., Savchuk, O.P., Tamminen, T., Viitasalo, M., Voss, M., Wasmund, N., and Wulff, F.  Internal ecosystem feedbacks enhance nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria blooms and complicate management in the Baltic Sea.  Ambio 36(2-3): 186-194, 2007.

Villareal, T.A., Hanson, S., Qualia, S., Jester, E.L.E., Granade, H.R., and Dickey, R.W.  Petroleum production platforms as sites for the expansion of ciguatera in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.  Harmful Algae 6(2): 253-259, 2007.