Toxic dinoflagellate blooms : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Toxic Dinoflagellate Blooms, Key Biscayne, Florida, October 31-November 5, 1978 / editors, Dennis L. Taylor, Howard H. Seliger

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conference sponsors/conference hosts -- International Steering Committee -- Preface -- Conference dedication / Clarice M. Yentsch -- Recent progress, an overview / Luigi Provasoli -- I: INTRODUCTION -- Epidemic paralytic shellfish poisoning in Western Europe, 1976 / Jürg Lüthy -- Epidemiology of shellfish poisoning in the United States, 1971-1977 / James M. Hughes -- Dinoflagellate bloom on the Brazilian South Atlantic coast / Paulo Almeida Machado -- Toxic dinoflagellates, shellfish and public health / J. David Clem -- II: ORGANISMS -- Opening address / Beatrice Sweeney -- The systematics of Gonyaulax with special reference to the toxic species / Alfred R. Loeblich, III and Laurel A. Loeblich -- The toxigenic gonyaulacoid dinoflagellates / F.J.R. Taylor -- Some species of Gonyaulax of the 'Catenella group' occurring in Japanese coastal waters / Saburo Toriumi and Hideaki Takano -- Theca and cyst of Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech found at Ofunato Bay, Pacific coast of northern Japan / Yasuwo Fukuyo -- A new toxic dinoflagellate found in association with ciguatera / Takeshi Yasumoto, Ichiro Nakajima, Yasukatsu Oshima and Raymond Bagnis -- A description of the benthic dinoflagellate associated with maitotoxin and ciguatoxin, including observations on Hawaiian material / F.J.R. Taylor -- Some specific features of dinoflagellate Exuviaella cordata Ostf. blooming in the Black Sea / Pia Elena Mihnea -- A discussion of the systematics of toxic Gonyaulax species containing paralytic shellfish poison / Robert J. Schmidt and Alfred R. Loeblich, III -- Functional morphology of organisms involved in red tides, as adapted to decaying turbulence / Ramon Margalef, Marta Estrada and Dolors Blasco -- The physiological characteristics of neritic red-tide flagellates / Hideo Iwasaki -- Photoadaptation of photosynthesis in two bloom-forming dinoflagellates / Barbara B. Prezelin and Beatrice M. Sweeney -- Light and nutrient limitation in Gonyaulax excavata: nitrogen and carbon trace results / Jane J. MacIsaac, Gary S. Grunseich, Hilary E. Glover and Clarice M. Yentsch -- Maximum growth rate of natural population of a Gymnodinium red tide / Shoji Iizuka -- Large scale culture of dinoflagellate algae / Harold W. Siegelman and Jadwiga H. Kycia -- Growth interactions of marine dinoflagellates in multispecies culture experiments / Hermann Kayser -- Temporary cysts of Gonyaulax excavata: effects of temperature and light / Ruth E. Schmitter -- Motile cells and cysts: two probable mechanisms of intoxication of shellfish in New England waters / Clarice M. Yentsch and Frances C. Mague -- Toxicity and nucleic acid content of Gonyaulax excavata / Claudia Mickelson and Clarice M. Yentsch -- Response of Gonyaulax excavata and Rhizosolenia sp. in mixed culture to a synthetic auxin / Bruce M. Poole and Richard P. Grandoni -- Interrelationships of Gymnodinium breve (Florida red tide) within the phytoplankton community / Larry R. Freeberg, Ann Marshall and Michael Heyl -- Toxic dinoflagellate blooms in the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts / Donald M. Anderson and Francois M.M. Morel -- Dinoflagellate blooms in Romanian Black Sea coastal waters / Nicolae Bodeanu and Mioara Usurelu -- Dinoflagellate blooms in the Gulf of Cariaco, Venezuela / Elvira Ferraz-Reyes, Gregorio Reyes-Vasquez and Iris B. Bruzual -- Red tides off the coast of Chile / Sergio Avaria -- A bloom of Amphidinium sp. in the Ria de Vigo (N.W. of Spain) / Santiago Fraga and Francisco J. Sanchez -- Dinoflagellates from the Ubatuba region (Lat. 23°30ʹS, Long. 45°06ʹW), Brazil / Miryam B.B. Kutner and Roberto Sassi -- Indo-Pacific red tides / J.L. MacLean -- Dinoflagellate blooms in Norwegian waters / Karl Tangen -- Red tide along the Peruvian coast / Blanca Rojas de Mendiola -- Toxic dinoflagellate blooms in northeastern Venezuela during 1977 / Gregorio Reyes-Vasquez, Elvira Ferraz-Reyes and Enrique Vasquez -- Exuviella baltica: a bloom organism of the Galveston Bay system / Joseph Zotter -- Occurrence of Gymnodinium breve red tides along the west and east coasts of Florida during 1976 and 1977 / Beverly S. Roberts -- Occurrence of dinoflagellates and distribution of chlorophyll a on the Pakistan Shelf / Syed M. Saifullah -- Changes on the surface distribution of a dinoflagellate bloom off the Peru coast related to time of day / Dolors Blasco -- The occurrence of Prorocentrum species and coincidental gastro-intestinal illness of mussel consumers / Marie Kat -- Ecological survey of a toxic dinoflagellate associated with ciguatera / Takeshi Yasumoto, Akio Inoue and Raymond Bagnis -- A mass mortality of marine animals associated with a bloom of Ceratium tripos in the New York Bight / John B. Mahoney and Frank W. Steimle Jr. -- Shellfish monitoring in Maine / John W. Hurst, Jr. -- Distribution of Gonyaulax excavata resting cysts in sediments of the Gulf of Maine / Carrie M. Lewis, Clarice M. Yentsch and Barrie Dale

III: ENVIRONMENTS -- Phytoplankton distributions and red tides resulting from frontal circulation patterns / Howard H. Seliger, Mary A. Tyler and K.R. McKinley -- Dinoflagellate blooms associated with tidal fronts around the British Isles / Patrick M. Holligan -- Primary nutrients and red tides in upwelling regions / Richard C. Dugdale -- Global patterns of discolored water and related events in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / Timothy Wyatt -- Oceanic intrusion: one possible initiation mechanism of red tide blooms on the west coast of Florida / Kenneth D. Haddad and Kendall L. Carder -- Gulf Stream rings as a mechanism of patch formation / William McKay Balch -- Mesoscale features of summer (1975-1977) dinoflagellate blooms in the York River, Virginia (Chesapeake Bay Estuary) / Paul L. Zubkoff, John C. Munday, Jr., Russell G. Rhodes and J. Ernest Warinner, III -- Spectral reflectance of a bloom of Gymnodinium nelsoni in Chesapeake Bay / Dennis K. Clark and Dale A. Kiefer -- Biochemical factors associated with remote sensing of color change and fluorescence / Charles S. Yentsch -- Prospects for measuring phytoplankton bloom extent and patchiness using remotely sensed ocean color images: an example / James L. Mueller -- Response surface analyses for estuarine dinoflagellates under thermal stress / Kent Mountford -- The ecological role of red tides in the Los Angeles - Long Beach Harbor food web / Gregory Morey-Gaines -- IV: TOXINS AND PHARMACOLOGY -- Developments in the study of paralytic shellfish toxins / Yuzuru Shimizu -- Two similar toxins isolated from Gymnodinium breve / Daniel G. Baden, Thomas J. Mende and Ronald E. Block -- Purification and chemical studies on a major toxin from Gymnodinium breve / Martin Risk, Y.Y. Lin, R.D. MacFarlane, V.M. Sadagopa-Ramanujam, Leland L. Smith, and Norman M. Trieff -- Chemical analysis of paralytic shellfish poisoning in Alaska / Sherwood Hall, Richard A. Neve, Paul B. Reichardt and G.A. Swisher, Jr. -- Physiological activities of toxins from Gymnodinium breve isolated by high performance liquid chromatography / G.M. Padilla, Y.S. Kim, E.J. Rauckman and G.M. Rosen -- Isolation and synergism of a red tide (Gymnodium breve) cytolytic factor(s) from cultures of Gomphosphaeria aponina / David L. Eng-Wilmot, Leslie F. McCoy, Jr. and D.F. Martin -- Model solvent systems for delivery of compounds cytolytic towards Gymnodinium breve / D.L. Eng-Wilmot, B.F. Henningsen, D.F. Martin and R.E. Moon -- Mechanism of action of the major toxin from Gymnodinium breve Davis / M. Risk, K. Werrbach-Perez, J.R. Perez-Polo, H. Bunce, S.M. Ray and J.L. Parmentier -- Toxins isolated from Bay of Fundy scallops / Gregory L. Boyer, Carol Fix Wichmann, Jerry Mosser, Edward J. Schantz and Heinrich K. Schnoes -- Analysis of toxins in cultured Gonyaulax excavata cells originating in Ofunato Bay, Japan / Yasukatsu Oshima and Takeshi Yasumoto -- Dinoflagellate toxins in phytoplankton and zooplankton fractions during a bloom of Gonyaulax excavata / Alan W. White -- Toxicity of Prorocentrum mimimum var. mariae-lebouriae assumed to be a causative agent of short-necked clam poisoning / Tomotoshi Okaichi and Yukiya Imatomi -- Toxicity of the New England red tide dinoflagellate to winter flounder larvae / Lesley J. Mills and Grace Klein-MacPhee -- Occurrence of new type of toxic shellfish in Japan and chemical properties of the toxin / Takeshi Yasumoto, Yasukatsu Oshima and Magoichi Yamaguchi -- Evidence for the heterogeneity of paralytic shellfish toxin in clam and mussel samples gathered near Prince Rupert, British Columbia / Robert J. Bose and John E. Reid -- Molluscan transvectors of paralytic shellfish poisoning / Norman R. Tufts -- The effects of a Cochlodinium heterolobatum bloom on the survival and calcium uptake by larvae of the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica / Ming-Shan Ho and Paul L. Zubkoff -- Secondary intoxication with PSP in Cancer irroratus / Thomas L. Foxall, Nancy H. Shoptaugh, Miyoshi Ikawa and John J. Sasner, Jr. -- The effects of Gymnodinium breve toxin(s) on selected mollusks and crustaceans / Beverly S. Roberts, G.E. Henderson and R.A. Medlyn -- The action of G. breve neurotoxin on membrane conductance / J.J. Shoukimas, A. Siger, and B.C. Abbott -- Respiratory and cardiovascular effects of G. breve toxin in dogs / Sydney Ellis, John J. Spikes and Gordon L. Johnson -- V: WORKING SESSIONS -- Collection, enumeration and identification of free-living marine dinoflagellates / Karen A. Steidinger -- Collection, preparation and identification of dinoflagellate resting cysts / Barrie Dale -- VI: WORKSHOPS -- Alternatives to the mouse assay / Yuzuru Shimizu, Edward Ragelis -- The phenomenon of anoxia as related to dinoflagellate blooms / Theodore Smayda, Theodore Packard -- Bioluminescence / David Njus, Elijah Swift -- The role of chelators and trace metals in toxic blooms / Donald M. Anderson, Michael D. Corbett -- Ciguatera / Norman Doorenbos, Takeshi Yasumoto -- Culturing of dinoflagellates / Harold Siegelman, Michael Levandowski -- Detoxification of shellfish / Walter Blogoslawski, Richard Neve -- Development of a rapid international communication network / Anand Prakash, Karen Steidinger -- Impact of toxic dinoflagellate blooms on the North American shellfish industry / Richard A. Lutz, Lewis S. Incze -- Marine toxins as probes of excitable membranes / Gary R. Strichartz -- Modelling of red tides / Lawrence Slobodkin, Timothy Wyatt -- Monitoring programs and epidemiology / Dan Hunt, Norman Tufts and James Hughes -- Remote sensing / Charles Yentsch, Dale Kiefer -- Toxigenesis in dinoflagellates / Bernard Abbott, Alan White -- Subject Index.

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