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A bacterial index to estimate lake trophic level: National scale validation

scientific article published in March 2022

A comparison of droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR), quantitative PCR and metabarcoding for species-specific detection in environmental DNA

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

A cross-taxa study using environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding to measure biological impacts of offshore oil and gas drilling and production operations

scientific article published in December 2017

A paleoecological investigation of recent cyanobacterial blooms and their drivers in two contrasting lakes

scientific article published in 2024

A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

scientific article published on April 2016

A synthetic culture medium for the freshwater diatomDidymosphenia geminata

article

Acute toxicity of dihydroanatoxin-a from Microcoleus autumnalis in comparison to anatoxin-a

scientific article published on 13 August 2020

Adsorption of Ten Microcystin Congeners to Common Laboratory-Ware Is Solvent and Surface Dependent

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Advantages and Limitations of Environmental DNA/RNA Tools for Marine Biosecurity: Management and Surveillance of Non-indigenous Species

scientific article

Algal and cyanobacterial bioenergy and diversity

scientific article published in 2014

Anatoxins are consistently released into the water of streams with Microcoleus autumnalis-dominated (cyanobacteria) proliferations

scientific article published on 10 October 2018

Application of a spectrofluorimetric tool (bbe BenthoTorch) for monitoring potentially toxic benthic cyanobacteria in rivers.

scientific article

Assessing the degradation of environmental <scp>DNA</scp> and <scp>RNA</scp> based on genomic origin in a metabarcoding context

scientific article published on 6 June 2023

Assessing the effects of salmon farming seabed enrichment using bacterial community diversity and high-throughput sequencing

scientific article published on 22 July 2015

Biosecurity implications of drifting marine plastic debris: Current knowledge and future research

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Bloom Forming and Toxic Cyanobacteria in New Zealand Species Diversity and Distribution, Cyanotoxin Production and Accumulation of Microcystins in Selected Freshwater Organisms

2004 doctoral thesis by Susanna A Wood at Victoria University of Wellington

Blue Waters, Green Bottoms: Benthic Filamentous Algal Blooms Are an Emerging Threat to Clear Lakes Worldwide

scientific article

Broad and Fine Scale Variability in Bacterial Diversity and Cyanotoxin Quotas in Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats

scientific article published on 06 February 2020

Changes in saxitoxin-production through growth phases in the metaphytic cyanobacterium Scytonema cf. crispum

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Combining morpho-taxonomy and metabarcoding enhances the detection of non-indigenous marine pests in biofouling communities

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Comparing sediment DNA extraction methods for assessing organic enrichment associated with marine aquaculture

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Considerations for incorporating real-time PCR assays into routine marine biosecurity surveillance programmes: a case study targeting the Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella spallanzanii) and club tunicate (Styela clava)

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Contrasting cyanobacterial communities and microcystin concentrations in summers with extreme weather events: insights into potential effects of climate change

article

Costs of harmful blooms of freshwater cyanobacteria

Depuration of tetrodotoxin and changes in bacterial communities in Pleurobranchea maculata adults and egg masses maintained in captivity.

scientific article

Detection of tetrodotoxin from the grey side-gilled sea slug - Pleurobranchaea maculata, and associated dog neurotoxicosis on beaches adjacent to the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland, New Zealand

scientific article published on 11 May 2010

Development and Application of a Quantitative PCR Assay to Assess Genotype Dynamics and Anatoxin Content in -Dominated Mats

article

Development and preliminary validation of a multi-trophic metabarcoding biotic index for monitoring benthic organic enrichment

article

Development and validation of a quantitative PCR assay for the early detection and monitoring of the invasive diatom Didymosphenia geminata

article

Development of a non-lethal biopsy technique for estimating total tetrodotoxin concentrations in the grey side-gilled sea slug Pleurobranchaea maculata.

scientific article published on 2 August 2013

Development of a real-time PCR assay for the detection of the invasive clam, Corbula amurensis, in environmental samples

article

Development of a real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of the invasive Mediterranean fanworm, Sabella spallanzanii, in environmental samples

scientific article published on 6 June 2017

Development of droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction assays for the detection of long-finned (<i>Anguilla dieffenbachii</i>) and short-finned (<i>Anguilla australis</i>) eels in environmental samples

scientific article published on 27 September 2021

Development of single and multispecies detection methods for the surveillance and monitoring of marine pests in New Zealand

scientific article published on 20 February 2012

Development of solid phase adsorption toxin tracking (SPATT) for monitoring anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a in river water ⬇️

scientific article published on November 11, 2010

Differential strain response in alkaline phosphatase activity to available phosphorus in Microcoleus autumnalis

scientific article published on 17 September 2019

Distribution of Tetrodotoxin in the New Zealand Clam, , Established Using Immunohistochemistry and Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Diversity and biosynthetic potential of culturable microbes associated with toxic marine animals

scientific article published on 02 August 2013

Early detection of eukaryotic communities from marine biofilm using high-throughput sequencing: an assessment of different sampling devices

scientific article published on January 2015

Effect of river flow, temperature, and water chemistry on proliferations of the benthic anatoxin-producing cyanobacterium Phormidium

scientific article published in March 2017

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on anatoxin-a, homoanatoxin-a, dihydroanatoxin-a and dihydrohomoanatoxin-a production by Phormidium autumnale.

scientific article

Elucidating biodiversity shifts in ballast water tanks during a cross-latitudinal transfer: complementary insights from molecular analyses

scientific article published on 21 May 2020

Enhanced sample preparation for quantitation of microcystins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 30 September 2011

Entrapped Sediments as a Source of Phosphorus in Epilithic Cyanobacterial Proliferations in Low Nutrient Rivers

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Evaluating detection limits of next-generation sequencing for the surveillance and monitoring of international marine pests ⬇️

scientific article

Extracts from benthic anatoxin-producing Phormidium are toxic to 3 macroinvertebrate taxa at environmentally relevant concentrations

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

FIRST REPORT OF THE CYANOTOXIN ANATOXIN-A FROMAPHANIZOMENON ISSATSCHENKOI(CYANOBACTERIA)

article

Fine-scale cryogenic sampling of planktonic microbial communities: Application to toxic cyanobacterial blooms

article

First detection of tetrodotoxin in the bivalve Paphies australis by liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry with and without precolumn reaction

scientific article published in March 2014

First evaluation of foraminiferal metabarcoding for monitoring environmental impact from an offshore oil drilling site

scientific article

First identification of tetrodotoxin (TTX) in the flatworm Stylochoplana sp.; a source of TTX for the sea slug Pleurobranchaea maculata.

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

First report of homoanatoxin-a and associated dog neurotoxicosis in New Zealand.

scientific article

First report of microcystin-producing Fischerella sp. (Stigonematales, Cyanobacteria) in tropical Australia.

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

First report of saxitoxin production by a species of the freshwater benthic cyanobacterium, Scytonema Agardh

scientific article published on 9 January 2011

Forestry affects the abundance of Phormidium-dominated biofilms and the functioning of a New Zealand river ecosystem

article

Further characterization of glycine-containing microcystins from the McMurdo dry Valleys of Antarctica ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Genome Streamlining, Plasticity, and Metabolic Versatility Distinguish Co-occurring Toxic and Nontoxic Cyanobacterial Strains of <i>Microcoleus</i>

scientific article published on 26 October 2021

Geographically conserved microbiomes of four temperate water tunicates

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Growth at the limits: comparing trace metal limitation of a freshwater cyanobacterium (Dolichospermum lemmermannii) and a freshwater diatom (Fragilaria crotonensis)

Harnessing the self-harvesting capability of benthic cyanobacteria for use in benthic photobioreactors

scientific article (publication date: 18 July 2011)

High levels of structural diversity observed in microcystins from Microcystis CAWBG11 and characterization of six new microcystin congeners ⬇️

scientific article

Hindcasting cyanobacterial communities in Lake Okaro with germination experiments and genetic analyses.

scientific article

Human access and deterministic processes play a major role in structuring planktonic and sedimentary bacterial and eukaryotic communities in lakes

scientific article published in 2022

Identification of a benthic microcystin-producing filamentous cyanobacterium (Oscillatoriales) associated with a dog poisoning in New Zealand

scientific article published on 04 January 2010

In Situ Collection and Preservation of Intact Microcystis Colonies to Assess Population Diversity and Microcystin Quotas

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Incorporating molecular-based functional and co-occurrence network properties into benthic marine impact assessments

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Increasing Microcystis cell density enhances microcystin synthesis: a mesocosm study

Individual diet specialization drives population trophic niche responses to environmental change in a predator fish population

scientific article published on 07 March 2021

Insertions within the saxitoxin biosynthetic gene cluster result in differential toxin profiles

article

Intracellular immunohistochemical detection of tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda) and Stylochoplana sp. (Turbellaria)

scientific article

Intracellular, environmental and biotic interactions influence recruitment of benthicMicrocystis(Cyanophyceae) in a shallow eutrophic lake

article

Investigating diet as the source of tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata.

scientific article published on 24 December 2013

Investigating the effects of anthropogenic stressors on lake biota using sedimentary <scp>DNA</scp>

scientific article published in 2022

Investigating variability in microbial community composition in replicate environmental DNA samples down lake sediment cores

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

Is a Central Sediment Sample Sufficient? Exploring Spatial and Temporal Microbial Diversity in a Small Lake

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Isolation and structure determination of two new hydrophobic microcystins from Microcystis sp. (CAWBG11)

Laboratory study of the survival and attachment ofDidymosphenia geminata(Bacillariophyceae) in water sourced from rivers throughout New Zealand

article

Lake microbial communities are not resistant or resilient to repeated large‐scale natural pulse disturbances

scientific article published in 2021

Limited Microcystin, Anatoxin and Cylindrospermopsin Production by Cyanobacteria from Microbial Mats in Cold Deserts

scientific article published on 11 April 2020

Linking Environmental DNA and RNA for Improved Detection of the Marine Invasive Fanworm Sabella spallanzanii

scientific article published on 16 October 2019

Local factors drive bacterial and microeukaryotic community composition in lake surface sediment collected across an altitudinal gradient

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Measuring the influence of nutrients and river water on the photosynthetic efficiency ofDidymosphenia geminatausing pulse amplitude modulated fluorometry

scholarly article by Laura Biessy et al published 2 April 2016 in Diatom Research

Metabarcoding Reveals Lacustrine Picocyanobacteria Respond to Environmental Change Through Adaptive Community Structuring

scientific article published on 12 November 2021

Metabarcoding and metabolomics offer complementarity in deciphering marine eukaryotic biofouling community shifts

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Metabarcoding as a tool to enhance marine surveillance of nonindigenous species in tropical harbors: A case study in Tahiti

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Metabarcoding improves detection of eukaryotes from early biofouling communities: implications for pest monitoring and pathway management

scientific article

Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities

scientific article

Microbial biodiversity of thermophilic communities in hot mineral soils of Tramway Ridge, Mount Erebus, Antarctica.

scientific article

Microcystins in New Zealand: a review of occurrence, congener diversity and cell quotas

scientific article published in 2019

Modulation of microcystin congener abundance following nitrogen depletion of a Microcystis batch culture

article

Molecular Characterisation and Co-cultivation of Bacterial Biofilm Communities Associated with the Mat-Forming Diatom Didymosphenia geminata

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Multiple cyanotoxin congeners produced by sub-dominant cyanobacterial taxa in riverine cyanobacterial and algal mats

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Multiple processes acting from local to large geographical scales shape bacterial communities associated with Phormidium (cyanobacteria) biofilms in French and New Zealand rivers

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

New Zealand risk management approach for toxic cyanobacteria in drinking water

scientific article

No evidence for a culturable bacterial tetrodotoxin producer in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda: Pleurobranchidae) and Stylochoplana sp. (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida).

scientific article

Phormidium autumnale growth and anatoxin-a production under iron and copper stress

scientific article published on 16 December 2013

Phytoplankton succession and the formation of a deep chlorophyll maximum in a hypertrophic volcanic lake

article

Pole-to-Pole Connections: Similarities between Arctic and Antarctic Microbiomes and Their Vulnerability to Environmental Change

scientific article published in 2017

Polyphasic assessment of fresh-water benthic mat-forming cyanobacteria isolated from New Zealand

article

Potent toxins in Arctic environments--presence of saxitoxins and an unusual microcystin variant in Arctic freshwater ecosystems ⬇️

scientific article

Predicting cyanobacterial biovolumes from phycocyanin fluorescence using a handheld fluorometer in the field

scientific article published on 09 July 2020

Predicting the potential distribution of the invasive freshwater diatom Lindavia intermedia in New Zealand lakes

scientific article published in 2021

Production of Anatoxin-a and a Novel Biosynthetic Precursor by the Cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi

scientific article published on 13 December 2006

Re-evaluation of paralytic shellfish toxin profiles in cyanobacteria using hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

Recent invader or indicator of environmental change? A phylogenetic and ecological study of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in New Zealand

article

Release and degradation of environmental DNA and RNA in a marine system

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Resolving 500 Years of Anthropogenic Impacts in a Mesotrophic Lake: Nutrients Outweigh Other Drivers of Lake Change

scientific article published on 15 November 2022

Seasonal and Spatial Variations in Bacterial Communities From Tetrodotoxin-Bearing and Non-tetrodotoxin-Bearing Clams

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Sensor manufacturer, temperature, and cyanobacteria morphology affect phycocyanin fluorescence measurements

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Sources of edaphic cyanobacterial diversity in the Dry Valleys of Eastern Antarctica

scientific article

Spatial abundance and distribution of picocyanobacterial communities in two contrasting lakes revealed using environmental DNA metabarcoding

scientific article

Spatial variability and depuration of tetrodotoxin in the bivalve Paphies australis from New Zealand

scientific article published on 23 February 2019

Spatiotemporal dynamics of Phormidium cover and anatoxin concentrations in eight New Zealand rivers with contrasting nutrient and flow regimes.

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

Structural characterization of new microcystins containing tryptophan and oxidized tryptophan residues ⬇️

scientific article published on 21 August 2013

Successional change in microbial communities of benthic Phormidium-dominated biofilms

scientific article published on 3 December 2014

Targeted gene enrichment and high-throughput sequencing for environmental biomonitoring: a case study using freshwater macroinvertebrates

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Temperature-related changes in polar cyanobacterial mat diversity and toxin production

Temporal and spatial variation in bacterial communities on uniform substrates in non‐wadeable rivers

scientific article published in 2021

Tetrodotoxin concentrations in Pleurobranchaea maculata: temporal, spatial and individual variability from New Zealand populations

scientific article published on 17 January 2012

Tetrodotoxin in marine bivalves and edible gastropods: A mini-review

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

The Abundance of Toxic Genotypes Is a Key Contributor to Anatoxin Variability in Phormidium-Dominated Benthic Mats.

scientific article published on 11 October 2017

The Pyramid Trough Wetland: environmental and biological diversity in a newly created Antarctic protected area

scientific article

The effect of cyanobacterial biomass enrichment by centrifugation and GF/C filtration on subsequent microcystin measurement

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

The effects of entombment on water chemistry and bacterial assemblages in closed cryoconite holes on Antarctic glaciers

scientific article published on 15 November 2015

The impact of artificial surfaces on marine bacterial and eukaryotic biofouling assemblages: A high-throughput sequencing analysis

scientific article published on 5 December 2017

The rise of toxic benthic Phormidium proliferations: A review of their taxonomy, distribution, toxin content and factors regulating prevalence and increased severity

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

Towards reproducible metabarcoding data: Lessons from an international cross‐laboratory experiment

scientific article published on 31 August 2021

Toxic Cyanobacteria in Svalbard: Chemical Diversity of Microcystins Detected Using a Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry Precursor Ion Screening Method

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

Toxic benthic freshwater cyanobacterial proliferations: Challenges and solutions for enhancing knowledge and improving monitoring and mitigation

scholarly article published 2020

Trends in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Trophic state and geographic gradients influence planktonic cyanobacterial diversity and distribution in New Zealand lakes

scientific article

Variability in microcystin quotas during a Microcystis bloom in a eutrophic lake

scientific article published on 21 July 2021

Variability in the anatoxin gene clusters of Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi from Germany, New Zealand, China and Japan

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Wanted dead or alive? Using metabarcoding of environmental DNA and RNA to distinguish living assemblages for biosecurity applications

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Widespread distribution and identification of eight novel microcystins in antarctic cyanobacterial mats. ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 October 2008

Winter diet of Japanese macaques from Chubu Sangaku National Park, Japan incorporates freshwater biota

Within-mat variability in anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a production among benthic Phormidium (cyanobacteria) strains

scientific article published on 19 October 2012

Insights into the ecological impact of trout introduction in an oligotrophic lake using sedimentary environmental DNA

scientific article published in 2023

Metagenomic insights to the functional potential of sediment microbial communities in freshwater lakes

scientific article published in 2022

Shifts in DNA yield and biological community composition in stored sediment: implications for paleogenomic studies

scientific article published in 2022

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