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Patricia A. Tester

Patricia A. Tester

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Biology and Biochemistry

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61
Citations
11393
World Ranking
11516
National Ranking
4971

Overview

Patricia A. Tester is affiliated with Ocean Tester LLC in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Ecology. Additional areas of study include Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, notably Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Patricia A. Tester has contributed to multiple scholarly articles, with recent publications including:

  • Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts (2021) in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Climate change and harmful benthic microalgae (2020) in Harmful Algae
  • Ciguatera poisonings: A global review of occurrences and trends (2020) in Harmful Algae
  • Effects of substratum and depth on benthic harmful dinoflagellate assemblages (2020) in Scientific Reports
  • The microbiome of the habitat-forming brown alga Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) has similar cross-Atlantic structure that reflects past and present drivers (2021) in Journal of Phycology

Tester frequently publishes in journals such as Harmful Algae, UNC Libraries, and DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council), along with contributions to Communications Earth & Environment and Scientific Reports.

The scientist has collaborated on multiple occasions with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mireille Chinain
  • R. Wayne Litaker
  • Elisa Berdalet
  • Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein
  • D. Ransom Hardison

Best Publications

  • Toxic marine phytoplankton, zooplankton grazers, and pelagic food webs

    Jefferson T. Turner;Patricia A. Tester

  • Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts

    Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff;Donald M. Anderson;Catherine Belin;Marie-Yasmine Dechraoui Bottein

  • MONITORING KARENIA BREVIS BLOOMS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO USING SATELLITE OCEAN COLOR IMAGERY AND OTHER DATA

    R.P. Stumpf;M.E. Culver;P.A. Tester;M. Tomlinson

  • Gymnodinium breve red tide blooms: Initiation, transport, and consequences of surface circulation

    Patricia A. Tester;Karen A. Steidinger

  • The role of nutrient loading and eutrophication in estuarine ecology.

    James L. Pinckney;Hans W. Paerl;Patricia Tester;Tammi L. Richardson

  • Relating spectral shape to cyanobacterial blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes

    T. T. Wynne;R. P. Stumpf;M. C. Tomlinson;R. A. Warner

  • Detection of harmful algal blooms using photopigments and absorption signatures: A case study of the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Gymnodinium breve

    David F. Millie;Oscar M. Schofield;Gary J. Kirkpatrick;Geir Johnsen

  • Taxonomy of Gambierdiscus including four new species, Gambierdiscus caribaeus, Gambierdiscus carolinianus, Gambierdiscus carpenteri and Gambierdiscus ruetzleri (Gonyaulacales, Dinophyceae)

    R. Wayne Litaker;Mark W. Vandersea;Maria A. Faust;Steven R. Kibler

  • An expatriate red tide bloom: Transport, distribution, and persistence

    Patricia A. Tester;Richard P. Stumpf;Fred M. Vukovich;Patricia K. Fowler

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

    Patricia A. Tester;Rebecca L. Feldman;Amy W. Nau;Steven R. Kibler

  • Insidious effects of a toxic estuarine dinoflagellate on fish survival and human health

    Howard B. Glasgow;JoAnn M. Burkholder;Donald E. Schmechel;Patricia A. Tester

  • RECOGNIZING DINOFLAGELLATE SPECIES USING ITS rDNA SEQUENCES1

    R. Wayne Litaker;Mark W. Vandersea;Steven R. Kibler;Kimberly S. Reece

  • IDENTIFICATION OF PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA (DINOPHYCEAE) AND PFIESTERIA-LIKE ORGANISMS USING INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER-SPECIFIC PCR ASSAYS1

    R. Wayne Litaker;Mark W. Vandersea;Steven R. Kibler;Kimberly S. Reece

  • How long does it take copepods to make eggs

    Patricia A. Tester;Jefferson T. Turner

  • Beach strandings as an indicator of at-sea mortality of sea turtles

    S. P. Epperly;J. Braun;A. J. Chester;F. A. Cross

  • Vectorial transport of toxins from the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium breve through copepods to fish

    Patricia A. Tester;Jefferson T. Turner;Damian Shea

  • Evaluating phytoplankton dynamics in the Newport River estuary (North Carolina, USA) by HPLC-derived pigment profiles

    Tester Pa;Geesey Me;Guo C;Paerl Hw

  • Winter distribution of sea turtles in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras and their interactions with the summer flounder trawl fishery

    S. P. Epperly;J. Braun;A. J. Chester;F. A. Cross

  • Effects of cupric and zinc ion activities on the survival and reproduction of marine copepods

    W. G. Sunda;P. A. Tester;S. A. Huntsman

  • The marine cladoceran Penilia avirostris and the "microbial loop" of pelagic food webs'

    Jefferson T. Turner;Patricia A. Tester;Randolph L. Ferguson

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Wayne Litaker
R. Wayne Litaker National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Richard P. Stumpf
Richard P. Stumpf National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gary L. Fahnenstiel
Gary L. Fahnenstiel Michigan Technological University
William G. Sunda
William G. Sunda University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kimberly S. Reece
Kimberly S. Reece Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Edna Granéli
Edna Granéli Linnaeus University
James L. Pinckney
James L. Pinckney University of South Carolina
Edward J. Noga
Edward J. Noga North Carolina State University
Allen R. Place
Allen R. Place University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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