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Recent Publications from the SCAEL

Peer Reviewed Publications

Keppler, C.J., J. Hoguet, K. Smith, A.H. Ringwood,and A.J. Lewitus. (accepted) Sublethal effects of the toxic alga Heterosigma akashiwo on the southeastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Harmful Algae.

Glasgow, H.B., J.M. Burkholder, R. Reed, and A.J. Lewitus. (accepted) Real-time remote monitoring of water quality: a review of current applications, and advancements in sensor, telemetry, and computing technologies.  J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol.

Lewitus, A., Hayes, K., Kempton, J., Mason, L., Wilde, S., Williams, B. and Wolny, J. (accepted) Prevalence of raphidophyte blooms in South Carolina brackish ponds associated with housing and golf courses. Proc. 10th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms.

Kempton, J. W., P. Williams, J. L. Wolny, S. B. Wilde, and A. J. Lewitus. A Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection of Kryptoperidinium foliaceum in South Carolina Estuarine Waters. (accepted) Proc. 10th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms.

Wolny, J.L., J.W. Kempton and A.J. Lewitus.  Taxonomic re-evaluation of a South Carolina ‘Red Tide’ Dinoflagellate Indicates Placement in the Genus Kryptoperidinium. (accepted) Proc. 10th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms.

Humphries, E., H.B. Glasgow, Jr., H. Marshall, A.J. Lewitus and S.B. Wilde.  (accepted) HAB Distribution, and Associations with Environmental Parameters – Delaware Estuarine Coastal Bays, USA, 1998 – 2002. Proc. 10th International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms.

DeLorenzo, M.E., M. Leatherbury, J.A. Weiner, A.J. Lewitus, and M.H. Fulton. (accepted) Physiological factors contributing to the species-specific sensitivity of four estuarine microalgal species exposed to the herbicide atrazine. Aquatic Health and Management.

Mallin, M.A. and A.J. Lewitus. 2004. The importance of tidal creek systems.  Preface to Anthropogenic impacts on the ecology of tidal creeks and canals, M.A. Mallin and A.J. Lewitus (eds.), J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. Special Issue 298:145-149.

Lewitus, A.J., T. Kawaguchi and G.R. DiTullio. 2004. Iron limitation of phytoplankton in a salt marsh estuary. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 298:233-254 

Southerland, H.A. and A.J. Lewitus. 2004. Xanthophyll cycling by microalgae in response to photoinduced fluoranthene toxicity. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 298:303-322.

White, D.L., D.E. Porter, and A.J. Lewitus. 2004. Spatial and temporal analyses of water quality and phytoplankton biomass in an urbanized versus pristine salt marsh estuary. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 298:255-273.

Gransden, S.G. and A.J. Lewitus.  2003. Grazing properties of two euplotid ciliates on the heterotrophic dinoflagellates, Pfiesteria piscicida and Cryptoperidiniopsis sp. Aq. Microb. Ecol. 33:303-308.

Noble, P.A., R.G. Tymowski, M. Fletcher, J.T. Morris, and A.J. Lewitus. 2003. Comparing Estuarine Phytoplankton Communities in Southeastern U.S. Salt Marsh Estuaries using High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Statistical Analyses. Appl. Environ. Microb. 69:4129-43.

Lewitus, A. J., L. B. Schmidt, L. J. Mason, J. W. Kempton, S. B. Wilde, J. L. Wolny, B. J. Williams, K. C. Hayes, S. N. Hymel, C. J. Keppler, A. H. Ringwood. 2003. Harmful algal blooms in South Carolina residential and golf course ponds. Population and Environment. 24 (5):387-413.

 Lewitus, A.J. and A.F. Holland.  2003.  Initial results from a multi-institutional collaboration to monitor harmful algal blooms in South Carolina. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 81: 361-371.

Kempton, J.W., J. Wolny, T. Tengs, P. Rizzo, R. Morris, J. Tunnell, P. Scott, K. Steidinger, S.N. Hymel, and A.J. Lewitus. 2002. Kryptoperidinium foliaceum blooms in South Carolina: a multi-analytical approach to identification. Harmful Algae. 1(4):383-392

 Kempton, J.W., A.J. Lewitus, J.R. Deeds, J. McH. Law, and A.R. Place. 2002. Toxicity of Karlodinium micrum (Dinophyceae) associated with a fish kill in a South Carolina brackish retention pond. Harmful Algae. 1(2):233-241.

Eriksen, N.T., K.C. Hayes and A.J. Lewitus. 2002.  Growth responses of the mixotrophic dinoflagellates, Cryptoperidiniopsis sp. and Pfiesteria piscicida, to light under prey-saturated conditions. Harmful Algae. 1(2):191-204. 

Lovell, C.R., N.T. Eriksen, A.J. Lewitus, and Y.P. Chen. 2002. Resistance of the marine diatom Thalassiosira sp. to toxicity of phenolic compounds. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 229:11-18.

Bushek, D., C.F. Dungan and A.J. Lewitus. 2002. Serological affinities of the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus (Apicomplexa) with some dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae).  J. Eukaryotic Microbiology 49:11-16.

Lewitus, A.J., K.C. Hayes, B.M. Willis, J.M. Burkholder, H.B. Glasgow, Jr., A.F. Holland, P. Maier, P.A. Rublee and R. Magnien. 2002. Low abundance of the dinoflagellates, Pfiesteria piscicida, P. shumwayae, and Cryptoperidiniopsis spp. in South Carolina tidal creeks and open estuaries. Estuaries 25:586-597.

Wetz, M..S., A.J. Lewitus, E.T. Koepfler and K.C. Hayes. 2002. Potential impact of preferential feeding by the oyster, Crassostrea virginica, on salt marsh microbial community structure.  Aq. Mic. Ecol. 28:87-97.

Jenny, M.J., A.H. Ringwood, E. Lacy, A.J. Lewitus, J.W. Kempton, R.W. Chapman, and G.W. Warr. 2002. Potential Indicators of Stress Response Identified by Expressed Sequence Tag Analysis of Hemocytes and Embryos from the American Oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Mar. Biotechnol. 4:81-93.

Lewitus, A.J., K.C. Hayes, S.G. Gransden, H.B. Glasgow, Jr., J.M. Burkholder, P.M. Glibert and S.L. Morton. 2001. Ecological characterization of a widespread Scripsiella red tide in South Carolina estuaries: a newly observed phenomenon. Proc. of the Ninth International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, G.M. Hallegraeff, S. Blackburn, C. Bolch & R. Lewis (Eds.), pp. 129-132.  IOC UNESCO 2001, Paris. 

 Technical reports

Van Dolah, R.F., P.C. Jutte, G.H.M. Riekirk, M.V. Levisen, L.E. Zimmerman, J.D. Jones, A.J. Lewitus, D.E. Chestnut, W. McDermott, D. Bearden, G.I. Scott, and M.H. Fulton. 2002. The condition of South Carolina’s estuarine and coastal habitats during 1999-2000: Technical Report. Charleston, SC: South Carolina Marine Resources Division. Technical Report No. 90, 132 p.  

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