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Vera L. Trainer is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on oceanography and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's body of work includes a concentration on marine toxins and detection methods, as well as marine and coastal ecosystems. They also engage in research related to marine biology and ecology, vibrio bacteria, protist diversity and phylogeny, environmental chemistry and analysis, and the intersection of marine biology and environmental chemistry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vera L. Trainer include the following:

  • Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends, 2021, Harmful Algae
  • Climate Extreme Seeds a New Domoic Acid Hotspot on the US West Coast, 2020, Frontiers in Climate
  • Hiding in plain sight: Shellfish-killing phytoplankton in Washington State, 2021, Harmful Algae
  • A survey of Dinophysis spp. and their potential to cause diarrhetic shellfish poisoning in coastal waters of the United States, 2023, Journal of Phycology

Vera L. Trainer frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Harmful Algae
  • Aquaculture
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Journal of Phycology

They collaborate regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Juliette L. Smith
  • Brian D. Bill
  • Nour Ayache
  • Michael L. Brosnahan
  • Donald M. Anderson

Best Publications

  • Mortality of sea lions along the central California coast linked to a toxic diatom bloom

    Christopher A. Scholin;Frances Gulland;Gregory J. Doucette;Scott Benson

  • Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future.

    Mark L. Wells;Vera L. Trainer;Theodore J. Smayda;Bengt S.O. Karlson

  • Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States

    Donald M. Anderson;Joann M. Burkholder;William P. Cochlan;Patricia M. Glibert

  • An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions

    Ryan M. McCabe;Barbara M. Hickey;Raphael M. Kudela;Kathi A. Lefebvre

  • Pseudo-nitzschia physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health

    Vera L. Trainer;Stephen S. Bates;Nina Lundholm;Anne E. Thessen

  • Impacts of climate variability and future climate change on harmful algal blooms and human health.

    Stephanie K Moore;Stephanie K Moore;Vera L Trainer;Nathan J Mantua;Micaela S Parker

  • 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

  • Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends

    Donald M. Anderson;Elizabeth Fensin;Christopher J. Gobler;Alicia E. Hoeglund

  • Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate.

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Bengt Karlson;Angela Wulff;Raphael Kudela

  • Sodium channel mutation leading to saxitoxin resistance in clams increases risk of PSP

    V. Monica Bricelj;Laurie Connell;Keiichi Konoki;Scott P. MacQuarrie

  • Harmful algal blooms along the North American west coast region: History, trends, causes, and impacts

    Alan J. Lewitus;Rita A. Horner;David A. Caron;Ernesto Garcia-Mendoza

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Pelagic harmful algal blooms and climate change: Lessons from nature’s experiments with extremes

    Vera L. Trainer;Stephanie K. Moore;Gustaaf Hallegraeff;Raphael M. Kudela

  • Domoic acid production near California coastal upwelling zones, June 1998

    Vera L. Trainer;Nicolaus G. Adams;Brian D. Bill;Carla M. Stehr

  • Domoic acid: The synergy of iron, copper, and the toxicity of diatoms

    Mark L. Wells;Charles G. Trick;William P. Cochlan;Margaret P. Hughes

  • Harmful Algal Blooms in Coastal Upwelling Systems

    Raphael Kudela;Grant Pitcher;Trevor Probyn;Francisco Figueiras

  • Biological and physical dynamics of domoic acid production off the Washington coast

    Vera L. Trainer;Barbara M. Hickey;Rita A. Horner

  • Dinoflagellate blooms in upwelling systems: Seeding, variability, and contrasts with diatom bloom behaviour

    T.J. Smayda;V.L. Trainer

  • The distribution and impacts of harmful algal bloom species in eastern boundary upwelling systems

    V.L. Trainer;G.C. Pitcher;B. Reguera;T.J. Smayda

  • The Ecology of Harmful Diatoms

    S. S. Bates;V. L. Trainer

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

Frequent Co-Authors

Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
William P. Cochlan
William P. Cochlan San Francisco State University
Mark L. Wells
Mark L. Wells University of Maine
Barbara M. Hickey
Barbara M. Hickey University of Washington
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council
Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
William A. Catterall
William A. Catterall University of Washington
Keith Davidson
Keith Davidson Scottish Association For Marine Science
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Christopher J. Gobler
Christopher J. Gobler Stony Brook University

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