PUBLICATIONS FROM THIS PROJECT

Lyons D, Van Alstyne KL, Scheibling R (2007) Anti-grazing activity and seasonal variation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)-associated compounds in the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides.  Marine Biology 153: 179-188

Nelson TA, Haberlin K, Nelson AV, Ribarich H, Hotchkiss R, Van Alstyne KL, Buckingham L, Simunds DJ (2008) Bottom-up, top-down, or sideways?  Controls of species composition in blooms of the “green tide” seaweeds Ulva and Ulvaria. Ecology, in press.

Ross C, Van Alstyne KL (2007) Intraspecific variation in stress-induced hydrogen peroxide scavenging by the ulvoid macroalga Ulva lactuca.  Journal of Phycology, 43: 466-474

Van Alstyne KL (2008) Ecological and physiological roles of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and DMSP cleavage in marine macroalgae.  In: Algal Chemical Ecology (ed: C. Amsler), Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 173-194

Van Alstyne KL (2008) The distribution of DMSP in green macroalgae from Northern New Zealand, eastern Australia, and southern Tasmania.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, in press

Van Alstyne KL, Koellermeier L, Nelson TA (2007) Spatial variation in dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) production in Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) from the northeast Pacific. Marine Biology 150: 1127-1135

Van Alstyne KL, Puglisi MP (2007) DMSP in marine macroalgae and macroinvertebrates:  distribution, functions, and ecological impacts.  Aquatic Sciences 69: 394-402

 

RELATED PUBLICATIONS

General References

Fletcher RL (1996) The occurrence of “green tides” – a review. In: Schramm W, Nienhaus PH (eds) Marine Benthic Vegetation: Recent Changes and The Effects of Eutrophication, Springer, Berlin, pp 7-43

Hallegraeff GM (1993) A review of harmful algal blooms and their apparent increase.  Phycologia 32: 79-99

Raffaelli DG, Raven JA, Poole LJ (1998) Ecological impact of green algal blooms. Oceanogr Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 36: 97-125

Schramm W, Nienhaus PH (1996) Marine benthic vegetation: recent changes and the effects of eutrophication. Springer, Berlin.

Valiela I, McClelland J, Hauxwell J, Behr PJ, Hersh D, Foreman K (1997) Macroalgal blooms in shallow estuaries:  Controls and ecophysiological and ecosystem consequences. Limnol. Oceanogr. 42: 1105-1118.

Northeastern Pacific Macroalgae

Nelson AV (2003) Chemical defenses of Ulvaria obscura: effects on food preference of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. In: Department of Biology. Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, pp 55

Nelson TA, Lee A (2001)  A manipulative experiment demonstrates that blooms of the macroalga Ulvaria obscura can reduce eelgrass shoot density.Aquat. Bot. 71:149-154.

Nelson T, Lee D, Smith B (2003) Are `green tides' harmful algal blooms? Toxic properties of water-soluble extracts from two bloom-forming macroalgae, Ulva fenestrata and Ulvaria obscura (Ulvophyceae). J Phycol 39:874-879

Nelson TA, Nelson AV, Tjoelker M (2003) Seasonal and spatial patterns of "green tides" (ulvoid algal blooms) and related water quality parameters in the coastal waters of Washington State, USA. Bot Mar 46:263-275

Van Alstyne KL, Wolfe GV, Freidenburg TL, Neill A, Hicken C (2001) Activated defense systems in marine macroalgae: evidence for an ecological role for DMSP cleavage. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 213:53-65

Van Alstyne KL, Houser LT (2003) Dimethylsulfide release during macroinvertebrate grazing and its role as an activated chemical defense. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 250:175-181

Van Alstyne KL, Nelson AV, Vyvyan JR, Cancilla D (2006) Dopamine functions as an antiherbivore defense in a “green tide” alga.  Oecologia 148: 304-311

Macroalgae from Other Locations

Hauxwell J, Cebrián J, Furlong C, Valiela I (2001) Macroalgal canopies contribute to eelgrass (Zostera marina) decline in temperate estuarine ecosystems.  Ecology 82: 1007-1022.

Jin Q,  Dong S (2003) Comparative studies on the allelopathic effects of two different strains of Ulva pertusa on Heterosigma akashiwo and Alexandrium tamarense.  J. exp. mar.  Biol. Ecol. 293:41-55.

Johnson D, Welsh B (1985) Detrimental effects of Ulva lactuca (L.) exudates and low oxygen on estuarine crab larvae.  J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol.86:73-83.

Lotze HK, Schramm W (2000) Ecophysiological traits explain species dominance patterns in macroalgal blooms.  J. Phycol. 36: 287-295.

Magre EJ (1974) Ulva lactuca L. negatively affects Balanus balanoides (L.) (Cirripedia Thoracica) in tidepools.  Crustaceana 27:231-234.

Sfriso A, Marcomini A, (1996) Italy – the Lagoon of Venice. In: Schramm W, Nienhaus PH (eds) Marine Benthic Vegetation: Recent Changes and The Effects of Eutrophication, Springer, Berlin, pp 339-368.

Valiela I, Foreman K, LaMontagne M, Hersh D, Costa J, Peckol P, DeMeo-Andreson B,  D’Avanzo C, Babione M, Sham C-H, Brawley J, Lajtha K (1992) Couplings of watersheds and coastal waters:  Sources and consequences of nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts.  Estuaries 15: 443-457.