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Richard H. Pierce
Researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory
Publications - 70
Citations - 3433
Richard H. Pierce is an academic researcher from Mote Marine Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Karenia brevis & Brevetoxin. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 69 publications receiving 3094 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard H. Pierce include University of North Carolina at Wilmington & University of Miami.
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Brevetoxicosis: red tides and marine mammal mortalities.
Leanne J. Flewelling,Jerome Naar,Jay P. Abbott,Daniel G. Baden,Nélio B. Barros,Gregory D. Bossart,Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein,Daniel G. Hammond,Elsa M. Haubold,Cynthia A. Heil,Michael S. Henry,Henry M. Jacocks,Tod A. Leighfield,Richard H. Pierce,Thomas D. Pitchford,Sentiel A. Rommel,Paula S. Scott,Karen A. Steidinger,Earnest W. Truby,Frances M. Van Dolah,Jan H. Landsberg +20 more
TL;DR: It is shown that fish and seagrass can accumulate high concentrations of brevetoxins and that these have acted as toxin vectors during recent deaths of dolphins and manatees, respectively, and a new vector mechanism for brevetoxin spread through food webs that poses a threat to upper trophic levels is revealed.
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Literature Review of Florida Red Tide: Implications for Human Health Effects.
Barbara Kirkpatrick,Lora E. Fleming,Dominick Squicciarini,L.C. Backer,Richard Clark,William M. Abraham,Janet M. Benson,Yung-Sung Cheng,David W. Johnson,Richard H. Pierce,Julia Zaias,Gregory D. Bossart,Daniel G. Baden +12 more
TL;DR: The review includes discussion of the red tide organisms and their toxins, as well as the effects of these toxins on both wild and laboratory animals as they relate to possible human health effects and exposures.
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Review of Florida Red Tide and Human Health Effects.
Lora E. Fleming,Barbara Kirkpatrick,Lorraine C. Backer,Cathy J. Walsh,Kate Nierenberg,John D. Clark,Andrew Reich,Julie Hollenbeck,Janet M. Benson,Yung-Sung Cheng,Jerome Naar,Richard H. Pierce,Andrea J. Bourdelais,William M. Abraham,William M. Abraham,Gary J. Kirkpatrick,Julia Zaias,Adam Wanner,Eliana S. Mendes,Stuart L. Shalat,Porter Hoagland,Wendy Stephan,Judy A. Bean,Sharon Watkins,Tainya C. Clarke,Tainya C. Clarke,Margaret M. Byrne,Daniel G. Baden +27 more
TL;DR: The Review includes a brief discussion of the Florida red tide organisms and their toxins, and then focuses on the effects of these toxins on animals and humans, including how these effects predict what the authors might expect to see in exposed people.
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Recreational exposure to aerosolized brevetoxins during Florida red tide events
Lorraine C. Backer,Lora E. Fleming,Alan Rowan,Yung-Sung Cheng,Janet M. Benson,Richard H. Pierce,Julia Zaias,Judy A. Bean,Gregory D. Bossart,David W. Johnson,Raul Quimbo,Daniel G. Baden +11 more
TL;DR: The levels of brevetoxins in air and water samples were measured, personal interviews were conducted, and pulmonary function tests on people before and after they visited one of two Florida beaches were performed, and an inflammatory response was found in over 33% of participants.
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Aerosolized red-tide toxins (brevetoxins) and asthma.
Lora E. Fleming,Barbara Kirkpatrick,Lorraine C. Backer,Judy A. Bean,Adam Wanner,Andrew Reich,Julia Zaias,Yung-Sung Cheng,Richard H. Pierce,Jerome Naar,William M. Abraham,Daniel G. Baden +11 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrated objectively measurable adverse changes in lung function from exposure to aerosolized Florida red-tide toxins in asthmatic subjects, particularly among those requiring regular therapy with asthma medications.