Publications of MERHAB-LGL

• Boyer, G. L. (2007) The occurrence of cyanobacterial toxins in New York lakes: Lessons from the MERHAB-Lower Great Lakes program.  Lake and Reserv. Manage. 25:153-160
• Boyer, G. L.  (2007)  Cyanobacterial toxins in New York and the Lower Great Lakes ecosystems.  In: "Proceedings of the Interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms" H. K. Hudnell, Ed., Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., pp. 151-163.
• Boyer, G. L., and J. Dyble  (2007)  Harmful Algal Blooms, A newly emerging pathogen in water.  White Paper, Michigan State University Water Fellows Program. East Lansing, MI, March 1, 2007.
  
• Boyer, G. L., E. Konopko, and H. Gilbert  (2007)  Rapid field-based monitoring systems for the detection of Toxic cyanobacteria blooms, ImmunoStrips and Fluorescence-based monitoring systems.  In: "Proceedings, 12th International Conference Harmful Algae" Moestrup et al., Eds., Springer, in press
  
• Brines Miller, E. and M.C. Watzin (2007).  The effects of zebra mussels on the lower planktonic foodweb in Lake Champlain.  J. Great Lakes Research. 33:407-420.
  
• de la Cruz, A. A., P. Rublee, J. M. Hungerford, P. V. Simba, S. W. Wilhelm, J. A. O. Meriluoto, K. Echols, M. T. Meyer, G. Stelma, R. Mandeville, L. Lawton, K. Sivonen, and A. Furey  (2007)  Analytical methods work group report.  In: "Proceedings of the Interagency International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms" H. K. Hudnell, Ed., Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., pp. 475-488.
  
• Dean .AL., J.L. Higgins, J.M. DeBruyn, J.M. Rinta-Kanto, R.A. Bourbonniere and S.W. Wilhelm (2007) The dynamics, distribution and activity of viruses in Lake Erie. Aquatic Ecosystem Health Management – in press. 
  
• Doblin, M. A., K. J. Coyne, J. M. Rinta-Kanto, S. W. Wilhelm, and F. C. Dobbs  (2007)  Dynamics and short-term survival of toxic cyanobacteria species in ballast water from NOBOB vessels transiting the Great Lakes - implications for HAB invasions.  Harmful Algae. 6:519-530.
  
• Fristachi, A., J. L. Sinclair, J. A. Hambrook-Berkman, G. Boyer, J. Burkholder, J. Burns, W. Carmichael, A. du Four, W. Frazier, S. L. Morton, E. O'Brien, and S. Walker  (2007) Occurrence of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms working group report.  In: "Proceedings of the Interagency International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms" H. K. Hudnell, Ed., Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., pp. 37-97
  
• Gobler, C. J., T. W. Davis, K. J. Coyne, and G. L. Boyer (2007)  Interactive influences of nutrient loading, zooplankton grazing, and microcystin synthetase gene expression on cyanobactgerial bloom dynamics in a eutrophic New York lake. Harmful Algae. 6:119-133.
  
• Gouvea, S. P., G. L. Boyer, and M. R. Twiss  (2007) Influence of ultraviolet radiation, copper, and zinc on microcystin content in Microcystis aeruginosa (Cyanobacteria).  Harmful Algae. accepted
  
• Hotto, A. M., M. F. Satchwell, D. L. Berry, C. J. Gobler, and G. L. Boyer  (2007)  Spatial and temporal diversity of microcystins and microcystin-producing genothypes in Oneida Lake, NY.  Harmful Algae. vol. submitted, July 2007.
  
• Hotto, A. M., M. F. Satchwell, and G. L. Boyer  (2007) Characterization of Lake Ontario Embayments for potential microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in Lake Ontario Embayments and nearshore waters.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 4570-4578.
  
• Howard, K. L., and G. L. Boyer  (2007)  Quantitative analysis of cyanobacterial toxins by Matrix-assisted Laser Dessorption/Ionization mass spectrometry.  Anal. Chem. 79:5980-5986.
  
• Howard, K. L., and G. L. Boyer  (2007)  Adduct simplification in the analysis of cyanobacterial toxins by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom. 21:699-706.
  
• Lehman, P., G. L. Boyer, M. F. Satchwell, and S. Waller (2007)  The influence of environmental conditions on the seasonal variation of Microcystis aeruginosa cell density and microcystins concentration in the San Francisco Estuary. Hydrobiology accepted
  
• Smith, J. L., G. L. Boyer, E. Mills, and K. L. Schulz (2007)  Toxicity of microcystin-LR, a cyanobacterial toxin, to multiple life stages of teh burrowing mayfly, Hexagenia, and possible implications for recruitment.  Aquatic Toxicology. accepted.
  
• Watson, S. B., G. L. Boyer, M. Charlton, and J. Ridal (2007)  Taste and odour and cyanobacterial toxins: impairment, prediction and management in the Great Lakes.  Can J. Fish Aquat. Sci. accepted.
  
• Wilhelm, S. W.  (2007)  Field methods in the study of toxic cyanobacterial blooms: results and insights from Lake Erie research.  In: "Proceedings of the Interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms" H. K. Hudnell, Ed., Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., pp. 507-519.
• Boyer, G.  (2006)  Toxic Cyanobacteria in Large Lake Ecosystems.  LakeLine. 26:36-39.
  
• Ouellette, A. J. A., S. M. Handy, and S. W. Wilhelm (2006)  Toxic Microcystis is widespread in Lake Erie: PCR detection of toxin genes and molecular characterization of associated cyanobacterial communities.  Microbial Ecology. 51:154-165
  
• Richardson, L. L., J. Myers, R. Sekar, E. R. Remily, L. Kaczmarsky, J. D. Voss, G. L. Boyer, and P. V. Zimba  (2007) Production of the cyanobacterial toxin microcystin in black band disease of corals.  FEMS Microbiology Letters. 272: 182-187.
  
• Watzin, M. C., E. B. Miller, A. D. Shambaugh, and M. A. Kreider  (2006)  Application of the WHO alert level framework to cyanobacterial monitoring of Lake Champlain, Vermont.  Environ. Toxicol. 21:278-288.
• Atkinson, J. F., M. L. Green, M. Sultan, R. Becker, and G. L. Boyer  (2005)  Monitoring algal blooms in the Great Lakes. In:  "Proceedings, 8th International Conference of Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 17-19, 2005" 
  
• Becker, R., M. Sultan, J. Atkinson, G. Boyer, and E. Konopko  (2005)  Spatial and temporal variations of algal blooms in the lower Great Lakes.  In: "Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Remote Sensing for marine and Coastal Environments, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 17-19, 2005
  
• Hotto, A., M. Satchwell, and G. Boyer  (2005)  Seasonal Production and Molecular Characterization of Microcystins in Oneida Lake, New York, USA.  Environ. Toxicol. 20:243-248.
  
• Mihuc, T. B., G. L. Boyer, M. F. Satchwell, M. Pellam, J. Jones, J. Vasile, A. Bouchard, and R. Bonham  (2005)  2002 Phytoplankton community composition and cyanobacterial toxins in lake Champlain, U.S.A.  Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:328-333.
  
• Lehman, P., G. Boyer, C. Hall, S. Waller, and K. Gerhts (2004)  Distribution and toxicity of a new colonial Microcystis aeruginosa bloom in San Francisco Estuary, California.  Hydrobiology. 541:87-99.
  
• Satchwell, M., and G. Boyer  (2004)  Comparison of four assays for the detection of microcystins.   "Harmful Algae 2002", K. "Harmful Algae 2002", K.A. Steidinger, J.H. Landsberg, C.R. Thomas, and G.A. Vargo (eds), FFWCW and IOC UNESCO p 213-215.
• Boyer, G., M. C. Watzin, A. D. Shambaugh, M. F. Satchwell, B. R. Rosen, and T. Mihuc  (2004) The occurrence of cyanobacterial toxins in Lake Champlain.  In: "Lake Champlain in the New Millennium; Proceedings of the Lake Champlain Research Consortium, May 20th 2002, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec" T. Manley, Ed., pp 241-257.
  
• Ouellette A.J.A., and S.W. Wilhelm.  (2003) Toxic cyanobacterial identification and ecology:  the evolving molecular toolbox. Frontiers Ecol. Environ. 1:359-366. 

The following publications are available the Great Lakes Research Consortium's Great Lakes Research Review:

• Boyer, G. L.  (2006)  Introduction.  In: GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:1.
• Boyer, G. L.  (2006)  Toxic Cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes: More than just the Western Basin of Lake Erie.  GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:2-7.
• Watzin, M. C., E. B. Miller, A. D. Shambaugh, and M. A. Kreider  (2006)  A partnership approach to monitoring cyanboacteria in Lake Champlain.  GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:8-13.
• Becker, R., M. Sultan, G. Boyer, and E. Konopko  (2006) Mapping variations of algal blooms in the Lower Great Lakes. GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:14-17.
  
• Mihuc, T. B., G. L. Boyer, J. Jones, M. F. Satchwell, and M. C. Watzin  (2006)  Lake Champlain phytoplankton and algal toxins: past and present.  GLRC Great Lakes Reserach Review. 7:18-21.
• Rinta-Kanto, J., and S. W. Wilhelm  (2006)  The application of molecular tools to freshwater harmful algal blooms: Identifying and quantifying toxic cyanobacteria.  GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:22-24.
  
• Makarewicz, J. C., G. L. Boyer, W. Guenther, M. Arnold, and T. W. Lewis  (2006)  The occurrence of cyanotoxins in the nearshore and coastal embayments of Lake Ontario.  GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:25-29.
• M. R. Twiss and S. P. Gouvea  (2006) Why do cyanobacteria produce toxins? Investigating a possivle trigger for microcystin production in a harmful algal bloom. GLRC Great Lakes Research Review. 7:30-32.

Graduate Dissertations

• Hotto, A.  (2007)  Application of Molecular Techniques to the Detection of Potential Microcystin-producing organisms in New York State Waters.  Ph.D. thesis. State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 166p.
• Howard, K.  (2007)  Quantitative Analysis of Cyanobacterial Toxins by MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry.  Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 180p.
• Konopko, E.  (2007)  Development of a flow-through fluorometric system for the detection of phycocyanin in the lower Great Lakes.  M.S. Thesis, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 151p.
• Yang, X.  (2007)  Occurrence of a cyanobacterial neurotoxin, anatoxin-a in New York State waters.  Ph.D. Thesis, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 230p.
  Kuchikulla, P.  (2006)  Applications of particle tracking model for large lakes.  M.S. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo.
• Rinta-Kanto, J.  (2006)  Biogeography and genetic diversity of toxin producing cyanobacteria in a Laurentian Great Lake.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Tennessee. 197p.
• Stephen, P.  (2006)  Mapping chlorophyll a concentrations in Oneida lake, New York using remote sensing and a semi-analytical reflectance model as a proxy for detecting harmful algal blooms.  M.S. Thesis, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 103p.
• Efteland, S. P.  (2004)  The effects of iron on the growth and physiology of teh cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa.  M.S. Dissertation, University of Tennessee. 56p.