R. Wayne Litaker

Best Publications

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

  Christopher J. Gobler;Owen M. Doherty;Theresa K. Hattenrath-Lehmann;Andrew W. Griffith

  550
  Citations

• Phosphorus physiological ecology and molecular mechanisms in marine phytoplankton

  Senjie Lin;Richard Wayne Litaker;William G. Sunda

  376
  Citations

• Formal Revision of the Alexandrium tamarense Species Complex (Dinophyceae) Taxonomy: The Introduction of Five Species with Emphasis on Molecular-based (rDNA) Classification

  Uwe John;R. Wayne Litaker;Marina Montresor;Shauna Murray

  366
  Citations

• Global distribution of ciguatera causing dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus.

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

  319
  Citations

• 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

  285
  Citations

• 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

  245
  Citations

• RECOGNIZING DINOFLAGELLATE SPECIES USING ITS rDNA SEQUENCES1

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

  232
  Citations

• 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

  186
  Citations

• N2-Fixing Microbial Consortia Associated with the Ice Cover of Lake Bonney, Antarctica.

  J.B. Olson;T.F. Steppe;R.W. Litaker;Hans W. Paerl

  175
  Citations

• Consortial N2 fixation: a strategy for meeting nitrogen requirements of marine and terrestrial cyanobacterial mats

  T. F. Steppe;J. B. Olson;H. W. Paerl;R. W. Litaker

  172
  Citations

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

  Jason B. Gregory;R. Wayne Litaker;Rachel T. Noble

  169
  Citations

• Initial risk assessment of genetically modified (GM) microalgae for commodity-scale biofuel cultivation

  William J. Henley;R. Wayne Litaker;Lucie Novoveská;Clifford S. Duke

  154
  Citations

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

  Steven R. Kibler;Patricia A. Tester;Kenneth E. Kunkel;Stephanie K. Moore

  143
  Citations

• Late-summer phytoplankton in western Lake Erie (Laurentian Great Lakes): bloom distributions, toxicity, and environmental influences

  David F. Millie;Gary L. Fahnenstiel;Julianne Dyble Bressie;Ryan J. Pigg;Ryan J. Pigg

  138
  Citations

• Sampling harmful benthic dinoflagellates: Comparison of artificial and natural substrate methods

  Patricia A. Tester;Steven R. Kibler;William C. Holland;Gires Usup

  138
  Citations

• Growth of eight Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species: Effects of temperature, salinity and irradiance

  Steven R. Kibler;R. Wayne Litaker;William C. Holland;Mark W. Vandersea

  137
  Citations

• Climate change and harmful benthic microalgae.

  Patricia A. Tester;R. Wayne Litaker;Elisa Berdalet

  135
  Citations

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

  Francesco Pisapia;William C. Holland;D. Ransom Hardison;R. Wayne Litaker

  134
  Citations

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

  R. Wayne Litaker;William C. Holland;D. Ransom Hardison;Francesco Pisapia

  129
  Citations

• THE PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIP OF PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA, CRYPTOPERIDINIOPSOID SP. AMYLOODINOUM OCELLATUM AND A PFIESTERIA‐LIKE DINOFLAGELLATE TO OTHER DINOFLAGELLATES AND APICOMPLEXANS

  R. Wayne Litaker;Patricia A. Tester;Angelo Colorni;Michael G. Levy

  128
  Citations