Field ecology of toxic Pfiesteria complex species and a conservative analysis of their role in estuarine fish kills

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2001, Pages 715-730

  Glasgow, Howard B ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^a   Mallin, Michael A ^b   Deamer Melia, Nora J ^a   Reed, Robert E ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Dissolved oxygen; Estuaries; Fish kills; Nutrients; Toxic Pfiesteria complex

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FISH; FOOD; LABORATORY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OBSERVATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PFIESTERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARDIZATION; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FISH DISEASE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEASON;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; PFIESTERIA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CLIMATE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EUTROPHICATION; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MARYLAND; MORTALITY; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; OXYGEN; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0035174912     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s5715     Document Type: Article

References (102)

1. The impact of harmful algal blooms on finfish: Occurrence of fish kills, pathology, toxicological mechanisms, ecological and economic impacts - A review
2. Implications of harmful marine microalgae and heterotrophic dinoflagellates in management of sustainable marine fisheries
3. New "phantom" dinoflagellate is the causative agent of major estuarine fish kills
4. Interactions of a toxic estuarine dinoflagellate with microbial predators and prey
5. Pfiesteria piscicida (Pfiesteriaceae, fam. nov.), a new toxic dinoflagellate with a complex life cycle and behavior
6. Pfiesteria piscicida and other toxic Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates: Behavior, impacts, and environmental controls
7. Overview and present status of the toxic Pfiesteria complex
8. A new species of ichthyotoxic Pfiesteria (Dinamoebales, Pyrrhophyta)
9. Feeding behavior of the ichthyotoxic estuarine dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, on amino acids, algal prey, and fish vs mammalian erythrocytes
10. Physiological ecology of Pfiesteria piscicida with general comments on "ambush-predator" dinoflagellates
11. The fish-killing activity and nutrient stimulation of a second toxic Pfiesteria species
12. Comparative culture and toxicity studies between the toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida and a morphologically similar cryptoperidiniopsoid dinoflagellate
13. Algal Toxins in Seafood and Drinking Water
14. A new ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate: Cause of acute mortality in aquarium fishes
15. Discovery of the "phantom" dinoflagellate in Chesapeake Bay
16. Reporter gene assay for fish killing activity produced by Pfiesteria piscicida
17. 7 receptor in GH4C1 rat pituitary cells: A target for a bioactive substance produced by Pfiesteria piscicida
18. Persistent learning deficits in rats after exposure to Pfiesteria piscicida
19. Pfiesteria toxin and learning performance
20. Rapid neurobehavioral analysis of Pfiesteria piscicida effects in juvenile and adult rats
21. Current progress in isolation and characterization of toxins isolated from Pfiesteria piscicida
22. Characterization of the North Carolina Pamlico-Albemarle Estuarine Complex
23. Status and Trends Report of the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study
24. Fish kills, bottom-water hypoxia, and the toxic Pfiesteria complex in the Neuse River and Estuary
25. Distribution and environmental conditions for fish kills linked to a toxic ambush-predator dinoflagellate
26. Insidious effects of a toxic dinoflagellate on fish survival and human health
27. Water quality trends and management implications from a five-year study of a eutrophic estuary
28. Multi-year distribution patterns of nutrients within the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina
29. North and South Carolina coasts
30. Phytoplankton ecology of North Carolina estuaries
31. Classifications and Water Quality Standards Applicable to Surface Waters of North Carolina
32. Fish Kill Database
33. NOAA's Estuarine Eutrophication Survey
34. Impacts to a coastal river and estuary from rupture of a large swine waste holding lagoon
35. Pfiesteria: State of the Science and Recommendations for Future Research
36. Water Quality, Habitat and Biological Conditions of River Systems Affected by Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-Like Organisms on the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland: 1997 Summary
37. Associations Between Pfiesteria, Fish Health, and Environmental Conditions in Maryland
38. Field Manual for the Investigation of Fish Kills
39. Assessing water quality with a submersed macrophyte
40. Problems in learning and memory occur in persons with environmental exposure to waterways containing toxin-producing Pfiesteria or Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates
41. Ecosystem responses to internal and watershed organic matter loading: Consequences for hypoxia in the eutrophying. Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, U.S.A
42. Mortality in Tilapia aurea due to a toxic dinoflagellate bloom
43. Nutritional strategies in dinoflagellates - A review with emphasis on cell biological aspects
44. The lurking perils of Pfiesteria
45. Exotoxin production by Gyrodinium cf. aureolum (Dinophyceae)
46. Toxin variability in Alexandrium
47. Taxonomy of toxic Cyanophyceae (cyanobacteria)
48. Bloom dynamics and physiology of domoic-acid-producing Pseudo-nitzschia species
49. Bloom dynamics and physiology of Prymnesium and Chrysochromulina
50. Toxic Cyanobacteria in Water - Guide to Their Public Health Consequences, Monitoring and Management
51. Species of the toxic Pfiesteria complex and the importance of functional type in data interpretation
52. The standardized fish bioassay procedure for detecting and culturing actively toxic Pfiesteria, developed by two reference laboratories for Atlantic and Gulf coast states
53. Kleptoplastidy in the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscicida
54. Mixotrophy and nitrogen uptake by Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae)
55. Responses of phytoplankton and pfiesteria-like dinoflagellate zoospores to nutrient enrichment in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA
56. Effects of turbulence on phytoplankton
57. Effects of small-scale turbulence on photosynthesis, pigmentation, cell division, and cell size in the marine dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra (Dinophyceae)
58. Causation and disease: The Henle-Koch postulates revisited
59. Koch's postulates and the etiology of AIDS: An historical perspective
60. PCR and FISH detection extends the range of Pfiesteria piscicida in estuarine waters
61. Utilization of PCR and FISH to Determine Fine Scale and Global Distribution of Pfiesteria Species
62. Use of molecular probes to assess geographic distribution of Pfiesteria species
63. Heteroduplex mobility assay guided sequence discovery: Elucidation of the small subunit (18S) rDNA sequence of Pfiesteria piscicida from complex algal culture and environmental sample DNA pools
64. Discovery of the "phantom" dinoflagellate in Chesapeake Bay
65. General methodology-Cultivation of microbial consortia and communities
66. Interactions Between Two Commercially Important Species of Bivalve Molluscs and the Toxic Estuarine Dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida
67. Novel toxic dinoflagellate causes epidemic disease in estuarine fish
68. Diagnostic assessment of non-infectious disorders of captive and wild fish populations and the use of fish as sentinel organisms for environmental studies
69. Fisherman's Guide - Fishes of the Southeastern United States
70. The Fresh and Salt Water Fishes of the World
71. Distribution and abundance of larval fishes at two North Carolina inlets
72. Effects of periodic hypoxia on distribution of demersal fish and crustaceans
73. Behavioral response of fish larvae to low dissolved oxygen concentrations in a stratified water column
74. Effects of hypoxia on movements and behavior of selected estuarine organisms from the south-eastern United States
75. Assessing the relationship between Pfiesteria and estuarine fish kills
76. Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction
77. Phylogeny of some of the major genera of dinoflagellates based on ultra-structure and partial LSU rDNA sequence data, including the erection of three new genera of unarmoured dinoflagellates
78. Planktivore functional groups and patterns of prey selection in pelagic communities
79. Effects of chaetognath predation and nutrient enrichment on enclosed estuarine copepod communities
80. Effects of fish chemical cues on vertical migration behavior of Chaoborus predaton on zooplankton and the calculation of relative prey vulnerabilities
81. Resource competition between planktonic algae: An experimental and theoretical approach
82. Population Dynamics of Pfiesteria-Like Dinoflagellates, and Environmental Controls in the Mesohaline Neuse Estuary, 1994-1996
83. Enzymatic biomarker measurement and study of DNA adduct formation in benzo[a]pyrene-contaminated mussels, Mytilus galloprovincialis