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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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Cryptoperidiniopsis brodyi gen. et sp. nov. (dinophyceae), a small lightly armored dinoflagellate in the pfiesteriaceae1
Karen A. Steidinger,Jan H. Landsberg,Patrice L. Mason,Wolfgang K. Vogelbein,Patricia A. Tester,R. Wayne Litaker +5 more
TL;DR: A new genus and species of heterotrophic dinoflagellate, Cryptoperidiniopsis brodyi gen. et sp.
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Toxicological Investigations on the Sea Urchin Tripneustes gratilla (Toxopneustidae, Echinoid) from Anaho Bay (Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia): Evidence for the Presence of Pacific Ciguatoxins.
Hélène Taiana Darius,Mélanie Roué,Manoella Sibat,Jérôme Viallon,Clémence Mahana Iti Gatti,Mark W. Vandersea,Patricia A. Tester,R. Wayne Litaker,Zouher Amzil,Philipp Hess,Mireille Chinain +10 more
TL;DR: Evidence of CTX bioaccumulation in T. gratilla is provided as a cause of ciguatera-like poisoning associated with a documented symptomatology and the toxin content in the sea urchin decreased, but was consistently above the safety limit allowed for human consumption.
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Dinoflagellate, Diversity and abundance in two Belizean Coral Reef-Mangrove Lagoons: A test of Margalefs Mandala
TL;DR: The congruence between Margalef’s prediction and the distribution of dinoflagellates in these naturally eutrophic systems suggests that increased nutrient inputs in oligotrohic portions of the Caribbean will favor a shift in species dominance toward dinof lagellate species.
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Zooplankton feeding ecology: Predation by the marine cyclopoid copepod Corycaeus amazonicus F. Dahl upon natural prey
TL;DR: Rates of consumption of nauplii from the present study, combined with data on the abundances of C. amazonicus and copepod nauPLii in continental shelf waters, suggest that predation by C. isazonicus removes < 1% of natural populations of nAUplii per day.
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Relationships among water column toxins, cell abundance and chlorophyll concentrations during Karenia brevis blooms
Patricia A. Tester,Damian Shea,Steven R. Kibler,Sabrina M. Varnam,Megan N. D. Black,R. Wayne Litaker +5 more
TL;DR: Data substantiate the use of chlorophyll as a proxy for K. brevis cell abundance as aproxy for brevetoxins during blooms and suggest that growth rates may provide a useful indicator for determining the physiological state of the bloom over time.