@article {509,
	title = {Novel symptomatology and changing epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus): an increasing risk to marine mammal health},
	journal = {Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences},
	volume = {275},
	number = {1632},
	year = {2008},
	note = {242KSTimes Cited:10Cited References Count:45},
	month = {Feb 7},
	pages = {267-276},
	abstract = {Harmful algal blooms are increasing worldwide, including those of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. producing domoic acid off the California coast. This neurotoxin was first shown to cause mortality of marine mammals in 1998. A decade of monitoring California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) health since then has indicated that changes in the symptomatology and epidemiology of domoic acid toxicosis in this species are associated with the increase in toxigenic blooms. Two separate clinical syndromes now exist: acute domoic acid toxicosis as has been previously documented, and a second novel neurological syndrome characterized by epilepsy described here associated with chronic consequences of previous sub-lethal exposure to the toxin. This study indicates that domoic acid causes chronic damage to California sea lions and that these health effects are increasing.},
	keywords = {amnesic shellfish poisoning, anchovies, california sea lions, degeneration, domoic acid, exposure, glutamate-receptor, harmful algal blooms, hippocampal atrophy, intoxication, monkeys macaca-fascicularis, mortality, patterns, rats, seizures, Toxicity},
	isbn = {0962-8452},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000251724600004},
	author = {Goldstein, T. and Mazet, J. A. K. and Zabka, T. S. and Langlois, G. and Colegrove, K. M. and Silver, M. and Bargu, S. and Van Dolah, F. and Leighfield, T. and Conrad, P. A. and Barakos, J. and Williams, D. C. and Dennison, S. and M. Haulena and Gulland, F. M. D.}
}
@article {544,
	title = {Mapping phytoplankton in situ using a laser-scattering sensor},
	journal = {Limnology and Oceanography-Methods},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2008},
	note = {309ZDTimes Cited:2Cited References Count:25},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {153-161},
	abstract = {A primary limitation of phytoplankton ecology research is the difficulty of describing patchiness and distributions of different phytoplankton groups. Chlorophyll fluorescence and optical backscatter are useful measurements that provide information about phytoplankton, but these measurements do not allow distinction of phytoplankton taxa. Traditional phytoplankton identification methods (such as microscopy, HPLC analysis, and flow cytometry) are labor intensive and therefore can provide only very limited coverage and resolution. Through lab experiments we show that the Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissometer (LISST-100) instrument can accurately quantify phytoplankton cell dimensions for some cell shapes. Pseudo-spherical dinoflagellates are described with a single peak in the particle size distribution (PSD) at the cross-sectional dimension of the cells. Pennate diatoms are described with peaks in the PSD at the major and minor axis dimensions of the cells. Diatom cells with minor axis dimensions that vary along the major axis are described with one peak across the range of minor axis dimensions and a second peak at the major axis dimension. Through field experiments, we show that mapping the PSD in situ at high resolution permits description of patchiness and evolution of phytoplankton populations. We present two examples: (1) growing dominance of Ceratium species during a red tide bloom, and (2) concentration of Pseudo-nitzschia australis, a harmful algal bloom (HAB) species, at a water mass front. We conclude that synoptic mapping of the PSD can significantly advance phytoplankton ecology research in the coastal ocean.},
	keywords = {instrument, light-scattering, particle-size, patterns, sediments},
	isbn = {1541-5856},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000256497800003},
	author = {Rienecker, E. and Ryan, J. and Blum, M. and Dietz, C. and Coletti, L. and Marin, R. and Bissett, W. P.}
}
@article {484,
	title = {Functional groups in marine phytoplankton assemblages dominated by diatoms in fjords of southern Chile},
	journal = {Journal of Plankton Research},
	volume = {30},
	number = {11},
	year = {2008},
	note = {367NJTimes Cited:1Cited References Count:56},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {1233-1243},
	abstract = {The co-existence of phytoplankton assemblages under similar environmental conditions has allowed the identification of functional groups made up of species with similar morphological and physiological characteristics. Species belonging to similar functional groups in turn can be grouped in the three basic adaptive strategies C (colonist-invasives), S (stress-tolerants) and R (ruderals), these strategies being based on the species tolerances to different combinations of the degree of mixing and nutrient availability. In this study, we evaluated the applicability of the C-S-R strategies approach to marine diatom-dominated phytoplankton assemblages from fjords of southern Chile. Surface/volume ratios (S/V) and maximum linear dimensions were used to group the species in the three strategies regardless of their phylogenetic relationships. Multivariate statistical analyses (multiple correspondence and canonical correspondence) allowed us to identify three diatom groups. Group D1, made up of species with S/V > 1.5 mu m(-1) (Pseudo-nitzschia spp. group delicatissima, Cylindrotheca closterium, Leptocylindrus minimus), was correlated mainly with nitrate concentrations. In group D2, several species of the genus Chaetoceros (S/V similar to 1 mu m(-1)) were also correlated with nitrate. Species with attenuated forms and S/V ranging between 0.5 and 0.8 mu m(-1) (Skeletonema costatum, Talassionema nitzschioides, Rhizosolenia setigera) made up group D3, which was associated with stratified conditions and high silicate.},
	keywords = {Biomass, blooms, classification, ecology, ecosystem, magellan, patterns, survival},
	isbn = {0142-7873},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000260558400004},
	author = {Alves-de-Souza, C. and Gonzalez, M. T. and Iriarte, J. L.}
}
