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Patricia A. Tester
Researcher at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Publications - 119
Citations - 7879
Patricia A. Tester is an academic researcher from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The author has contributed to research in topics: Algal bloom & Acartia tonsa. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 115 publications receiving 7012 citations. Previous affiliations of Patricia A. Tester include National Marine Fisheries Service & National Ocean Service.
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Toxic marine phytoplankton, zooplankton grazers, and pelagic food webs
TL;DR: In most interactions of toxic phytoplankters with grazers and other marine food-web components, outcomes are situation-specific, and extrapolation of results from one set of circumstances to another may be inappropriate.
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Gymnodinium breve red tide blooms: Initiation, transport, and consequences of surface circulation
TL;DR: In the Gulf of Mexico, the red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve is moved throughout its oceanic range by major currents and eddy systems as discussed by the authors.
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Monitoring karenia brevis blooms in the gulf of mexico using satellite ocean color imagery and other data
Richard P. Stumpf,M.E. Culver,Patricia A. Tester,Michelle C. Tomlinson,Gary J. Kirkpatrick,Bradley A. Pederson,Earnest W. Truby,Varis Ransibrahmanakul,M. Soracco +8 more
TL;DR: The Gulf of Mexico Harmful algal blooms (HABs) of Karenia brevis are a recurrent problem in the Gulf of the USA as discussed by the authors, with nearly annual occurrences on the Florida southwest coast and fewer occurrences on northwest Florida and Texas coasts.
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The role of nutrient loading and eutrophication in estuarine ecology.
TL;DR: Appropriately scaled and parameterized nutrient and hydrologic controls are the only realistic options for controlling phytoplankton blooms, algal toxicity, and other symptoms of eutrophication in estuarine ecosystems.
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Relating spectral shape to cyanobacterial blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Timothy T. Wynne,Richard P. Stumpf,Michelle C. Tomlinson,R. A. Warner,Patricia A. Tester,Julianne Dyble,Gary L. Fahnenstiel +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a change in the spectral shape at 681nm is used to distinguish blooms of cyanobacteria from bloom of other phytoplankton via MERIS satellite sensor imagery.