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List of works by R. Wayne Litaker

A highly specific PCR assay for detecting the fish ectoparasite Amyloodinium ocellatum

scientific article published in January 2007

An extraordinary Karenia mikimotoi "beer tide" in Kachemak Bay Alaska

scientific article published on 03 December 2019

Antimicrobial peptides derived from hemoglobin are expressed in epithelium of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus, Rafinesque).

scientific article published on 15 May 2008

Aphanomyces invadans and ulcerative mycosis in estuarine and freshwater fish in Florida

scientific article published on March 2007

CRYPTOPERIDINIOPSIS BRODYIGEN. ET SP. NOV. (DINOPHYCEAE), A SMALL LIGHTLY ARMORED DINOFLAGELLATE IN THE PFIESTERIACEAE

Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Caribbean

Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies

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Ciguatoxicity of Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Ciguatoxin Occurrence in Food-Web Components of a Cuban Coral Reef Ecosystem: Risk-Assessment Implications

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

Climate change and harmful benthic microalgae

scientific article published on 15 January 2020

DESCRIPTION OF A NEW GENUS OF PFIESTERIA-LIKE DINOFLAGELLATE, LUCIELLA GEN. NOV. (DINOPHYCEAE), INCLUDING TWO NEW SPECIES: LUCIELLA MASANENSIS SP. NOV. AND LUCIELLA ATLANTIS SP. NOV.

scientific article published in August 2007

DEVELOPMENT OF SEMI-QUANTITATIVE PCR ASSAYS FOR THE DETECTION AND ENUMERATION OF GAMBIERDISCUS SPECIES (GONYAULACALES, DINOPHYCEAE)(1).

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Development, comparison, and validation using ELISAs for the determination of domoic acid in California sea lion body fluids

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Differences in the toxicity of six Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species measured using an in vitro human erythrocyte lysis assay

scientific article published on January 10, 2013

Domoic acid exposure in pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) from southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S. waters

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Early evolution within kinetoplastids (euglenozoa), and the late emergence of trypanosomatids.

scientific article published in December 2004

Effects of ocean warming on growth and distribution of dinoflagellates associated with ciguatera fish poisoning in the Caribbean

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Effects of substratum and depth on benthic harmful dinoflagellate assemblages

scientific article published on 09 July 2020

Environmental factors influencing the distribution and abundance of Alexandrium catenella in Kachemak bay and lower cook inlet, Alaska

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

Fluorescent Receptor Binding Assay for Detecting Ciguatoxins in Fish.

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Formal revision of the Alexandrium tamarense species complex (Dinophyceae) taxonomy: the introduction of five species with emphasis on molecular-based (rDNA) classification

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Global distribution of ciguatera causing dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus

scientific article published on 16 June 2010

Habitat complexity affects benthic harmful dinoflagellate assemblages in the fringing reef of Rawa Island, Malaysia

scientific article published on 10 August 2018

Identification of Parabodo caudatus (class Kinetoplastea) in urine voided from a dog with hematuria

scientific article published on January 2015

Investigation of ciguatoxins in invasive lionfish from the greater caribbean region: Implications for fishery development.

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LIFE CYCLE OF THE HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATE PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA (DINOPHYCEAE)1

article published in 2002

LIFE CYCLE OF THE HETEROTROPHIC DINOFLAGELLATE PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA (DINOPHYCEAE)1

Maitotoxin-4, a Novel MTX Analog Produced by Gambierdiscus excentricus.

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in the lower Great Lakes

scientific article published on 01 August 2008

Molecular assays for detecting Aphanomyces invadans in ulcerative mycotic fish lesions

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Molecular taxonomy of the suborder Bodonina (Order Kinetoplastida), including the important fish parasite, Ichthyobodo necator

scientific article published in March 2002

Morphological and genetic evidence that the cyanobacterium Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont) Speziale and Dyck encompasses at least two species

scientific article published on 25 April 2008

Morphology, toxicity and molecular characterization of Gambierdiscus spp. towards risk assessment of ciguatera in south central Cuba

scientific article published on 31 May 2019

NITROGEN LIMITATION INCREASES BREVETOXINS IN KARENIA BREVIS (DINOPHYCEAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR BLOOM TOXICITY(1).

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New scenario for speciation in the benthic dinoflagellate genus Coolia (Dinophyceae).

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Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans

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PROROCENTRUM LEVIS, A NEW BENTHIC SPECIES (DINOPHYCEAE) FROM A MANGROVE ISLAND, TWIN CAYS, BELIZE(1).

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Pathogenicity studies with the fungi Aphanomyces invadans, Achlya bisexualis, and Phialemonium dimorphosporum: induction of skin ulcers in striped mullet

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Piscinoodinium, a fish-ectoparasitic dinoflagellate, is a member of the class dinophyceae, subclass gymnodiniphycidae: convergent evolution with Amyloodinium

scientific article published on October 2007

RECOGNIZING DINOFLAGELLATE SPECIES USING ITS rDNA SEQUENCES

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Rapid Extraction and Identification of Maitotoxin and Ciguatoxin-Like Toxins from Caribbean and Pacific Gambierdiscus Using a New Functional Bioassay

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Rapid one-step quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR assay with competitive internal positive control for detection of enteroviruses in environmental samples

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Reply to Dees et al.: Ocean warming promotes species-specific increases in the cellular growth rates of harmful algal blooms

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Species-specific PCR assays for Gambierdiscus excentricus and Gambierdiscus silvae (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae)

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

THE RECLASSIFICATION OF PFIESTERIA SHUMWAYAE (DINOPHYCEAE): PSEUDOPFIESTERIA, GEN. NOV.1

Tectus niloticus (Tegulidae, Gastropod) as a Novel Vector of Ciguatera Poisoning: Detection of Pacific Ciguatoxins in Toxic Samples from Nuku Hiva Island (French Polynesia).

scientific article published on 21 December 2017

The Effects of the Harmful Algal Bloom Species Karenia brevis on Survival of Red Porgy (Pagrus pagrus) Larvae

scientific article published in 2022

Toxicity screening of 13 Gambierdiscus strains using neuro-2a and erythrocyte lysis bioassays.

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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.

scientific article published on 6 April 2018

Tritrichomonas foetus and not Pentatrichomonas hominis is the etiologic agent of feline trichomonal diarrhea.

scientific article published in February 2003

qPCR assays for Alexandrium fundyense and A. ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) identified from Alaskan waters and a review of species-specific Alexandrium molecular assays

scientific article published on 01 May 2017