Texas Brown Tide (Aureoumbra lagunensis) references

Bailey JC, Andersen RA (1999) Analysis of clonal cultures of the brown tide algae Aureococcus and Aureoumbra (Pelagophyceae) using 18s rRNA, rbcL, and RUBISCO spacer sequences. Journal of Phycology 35:570-574

Bersano JBF, Buskey EJ, Villareal TA (2002) Viability of the Texas brown tide alga, Aureoumbra lagunensis, in fecal pellets of the copepod Acartia tonsa. Plankton Biol Ecol 49:88-92

Buskey EJ (1995) Growth and bioluminescence of Noctiluca scintillans on varying algal diets.  17:29-40

Buskey EJ, DeYoe H, Jochem F, Villareal T (2003) Effects of mesozooplankton removal on trophic structure during a bloom of the Texas brown tide: a mesocosm study. J Plank Res 25:215-228

Buskey EJ, Dunton KH, Parker PL (1999a) Variations in stable carbon isotope ratio of the copepod Acartia tonsa during the onset of the Texas brown tide. Estuaries 22:995-1003

Buskey EJ, Hyatt CJ (1995) Effects of the Texas (USA) 'brown tide' alga on planktonic grazers. Mar Ecol Progr Ser 126:285-292

Buskey EJ, Liu H, Collum C, Bersano JGF (2001) The decline and recovery of a persistent Texas Brown Tide algal bloom in the Laguna Madre (Texas, USA). Estuar 24:337-346

Buskey EJ, Montagna PA, Amos AF, Whitledge TE (1997) Disruption of grazer populations as a contributing factor to the initiation of the Texas Brown Tide. Limnol Oceanogr 42:1215-1222

Buskey EJ, Stewart S, Peterson J, Collumb C (1996) Current status and historical trends of brown tide and red tide phytoplankton blooms in the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary program study area. Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program, CCBNEP-07:85 pp.

Buskey EJ, Stockwell DA (1993) Effects of a persistant "brown tide" on zooplankton populations in the Laguna Madre. In: Smayda TJ, Shimizu Y (eds) Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 659-666

Buskey EJ, Villareal TA, López-Barreiro T (1999b) Reconstructing the initiation of the Texas brown tide bloom of Aureoumbralagunensis from archived samples using an immunofluorescence assay. Plankton Biol Ecol 46:159-161

Buskey EJ, Wysor B, Hyatt C (1998) The role of hypersalinity in the persistence of the Texas 'brown tide' in the Laguna Madre. J Plank Res 20:1553-1565

Buskey, E.J., C.J. Hyatt and W. Slingerland. 2004. Survival and reproduction of the copepod Parvocalanus crassirostris fed the Texas brown tide Aureoumbra lagunensis. In: Harmful Algae 2002. K.A. Steidinger, J.H. Landsberg, C.R. Tomas and G.A. Vargo (eds), pp. 106-108. Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission.

DeYoe H, Suttle CA (1994) The inability of the Texas "brown tide" alga to use nitrate and the role of nitrogen in the initiation of a persistent bloom of this organism. J Phycol 30:800-806.

DeYoe HR, Chan AM, Suttle CA (1995) Phylogeny of Aureococcus anophagefferens and a morphologically similar bloom forming algae from Texas as determined by 18s rRNA sequence analysis. J Phycol 31:413-418

DeYoe HR, Stockwell DA, Bidigare RR, Latasa M, Johnson PW, Hargraves PE, Suttle CA (1997) Description and characterization of the algal species Aureoumbra lagunensis gen. et. sp. nov. and referral of Aureoumbra and Aureococcus to the Pelgophyceae. J Phycol 33:1042-1048

Dunton KH (1994) Seasonal growth and biomass of the subtropical seagrass Halodule wrightii in relation to continuous measurements of underwater irradiance. Marine Biology 120:479-489

Jakobsen, H.H., C.J. Hyatt, and E.J. Buskey.  2001.  Growth and grazing on the “Texas brown tide” forming alga Aureoumbra lagunensis by the tintinnid Amphorides quadraliniatus.  Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 23: 245-252.

Liu H, Buskey EJ (2000) The exopolymer secretions (EPS) layer surrounding Aureoumbra lagunensis cells affects growth, grazing and behavior of protozoa. Limnology & Oceanography 45:1187-1191

Liu H, Laws EA, Villareal TA, Buskey EJ (2001) Nutrient-limited growth of Aureoumbra lagunensis (Pelagophyceae), with implications of its capability to outgrow other phytoplankton species in phosphate-limited environments. J Phycol 37:500-508

Liu, H. and E. Buskey. 2003.  Effects of media N:P ratio on the extracellular polymeric substance (EPA) production by brown tide-forming alga Aureoumbra lagunensis.  Plankton Biol. Ecol. 50:55-60.

Liu, H. and E.J. Buskey.  2000.  Hypersalinity enhances extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) production of Texas brown tide alga Aureoumbra lagunensis.  Journal of Phycology 35:1-7.

López-Barrerio T, Villareal TA, Morton SL (1998) Development of an antibody against the Texas Brown Tide Aureoumbra lagunensis. In: B.Reguera, J.Blanco, M.L.Fernandez, T.Wyatt (eds) Harmful Algae. Xunta de Galicia and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Santiago de Compostela, p 263-265

Stockwell DA, Buskey EJ, Whitledge TE (1993) Studies on conditions conducive to the development and maintenance of a persistant 'brown tide' in Laguna Madre, Texas. In: Smayda TJ, Shimizu Y (eds) Toxic Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea. Elsevier, Amsterdam, p 693-698

Villareal TA, Chirichella T, Buskey EJ (2004) Regional distribution of the Texas Brown Tide (Aureoumbra lagunensis) in the Gulf of Mexico. In: Steidinger KA, Landsberg JH, Tomas CR, Vargo GA (eds) Harmful Algae 2002. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Institute of Oceanography, and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO., p 374-376

Villareal TA, Mansfield A, Buskey. EJ (1998) Growth and chemical composition of the Texas brown tide-forming pelagophyte Aureomonas lagunensis. In: B.Reguera, J.Blanco, M.L.Fernandez, T.Wyatt (eds) Harmful Algae. Xunta de Galicia and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, p 359-362

Ward, L.A., P.A. Montagna, R.D. Kalke, and E.J. Buskey.  2000.  Sublethal effects of Texas brown tide on Streblospio bendicti (Polychaeta) larvae.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 248:121-129.

Whitledge T, Stockwell DA, Buskey EJ, K. C. Dunton, Holt GJ, Holt SA, Montagna PA (1999) Persistant brown tide bloom in the Laguna Madre, Texas. In: Kumpf H, Steidinger K, Sherman K (eds) The Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem. Blackwell Science, Inc., Malden, MA, p 338-359.