Kathryn Van Alstyne

Publications

• Morphological and allozyme variation in Littorina sitkana and related Littorina species from the northeastern Pacific
• Exudates of the green alga Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) affect larval development of the sand dollar Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz) and the Pacific oyster …
• Phenolic concentrations of seaweeds and relationships to nearshore environmental gradients
• Seasonal changes in nutrient limitation and nitrate sources in the green macroalga Ulva lactuca at sites with and without green tides in a northeastern Pacific embayment
• Picky Pugettia: a tale of two kelps
• Plant characteristics associated with widespread variation in eelgrass wasting disease
• Effects of environmental changes, tissue types and reproduction on the emissions of dimethyl sulfide from seaweeds that form green tides
• Intraspecific variation in stress-induced hydrogen peroxide scavenging by the ulvoid macroalga Ulva lactuca
• Spatial patterns in macroalgal chemical defenses
• The Aldo Leopold leadership program
• Seawater nitrogen concentration and light independently alter performance, growth, and resource allocation in the bloom-forming seaweeds Ulva lactuca and Ulvaria obscura (Chlorophyta)
• Linking Physiology To Ecological Function: Environmental Conditions Affect Performance And Size Of The Intertidal Kelp Hedophyllum Sessile (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)
• Ecological and physiological roles of dimethylsulfoniopropionate and its products in marine macroalgae
• Recreational clam harvesting affects sediment nutrient remineralization and the growth of the green macroalga Ulva lactuca
• Estimating variation in surface emissivities of intertidal macroalgae using an infrared thermometer and the effects on temperature measurements
• Effects of dopamine, a compound released by the green-tide macroalga Ulvaria obscura (Chlorophyta), on marine algae and invertebrate larvae and juveniles
• The distribution of DMSP in green macroalgae from northern New Zealand, eastern Australia and southern Tasmania
• Herbivore impacts on two morphologically similar bloom-forming Ulva species in a eutrophic bay
• Effects of emersion, temperature, dopamine, and hypoxia on the accumulation of extracellular oxidants surrounding the bloom-forming seaweeds Ulva lactuca and Ulvaria obscura
• Dopamine release by Ulvaria obscura (Chlorophyta): Environmental triggers and impacts on photosynthesis, growth, and survival of the releaser
• Activated defense systems in marine macroalgae: Evidence for an ecological role for DMSP cleavage
• Effects of nutrient enrichment on growth and phlorotannin production in Fucus gardneri embryos
• Sulfur isotope variability of oceanic DMSP generation and its contributions to marine biogenic sulfur emissions
• Spatial and temporal variation in DMSP content in the invasive seaweed Codium fragile ssp. Fragile: Effects of temperature, light and grazing
• Nutritional preferences override chemical defenses in determining food choice by a generalist herbivore, Littorina sitkana
• Is dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) produced by the symbionts or the host in an anemone-zooxanthella symbiosis?
• Dopamine release by the green alga Ulvaria obscura after simulated immersion by incoming tides
• Dopamine functions as an antiherbivore defense in the temperate green alga Ulvaria obscura
• Effects of UV radiation on growth and phlorotannins in Fucus gardneri (Phaeophyceae) juveniles and embryos
• The effects of salinity on dimethylsulfoniopropionate production in the green alga Ulva fenestrata postels et ruprecht (Chlorophyta)
• Ecological and physiological controls of species composition in green macroalgal blooms
• Spatial variation in dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) production in Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) from the Northeast Pacific
• DMSP in marine macroalgae and macroinvertebrates: Distribution, function, and ecological impacts
• Anti-grazing activity and seasonal variation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate- associated compounds in the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides
• The distribution of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in tropical Pacific coral reef invertebrates
• Palatability of macroalgae that use different types of chemical defenses
• Nitrogen content in the brown alga Fucus gardneri and its relation to light, herbivory and wave exposure
• Dimethylsulfide release during macroinvertebrate grazing and its role as an activated chemical defense
• An experimental assessment of the effects of nutrient enhancement on the intertidal kelp Hedophyllum sessile (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae)
• Differences in herbivore preferences, phlorotannin production, and nutritional quality between juvenile and adult tissues from marine brown algae
• Antipredator defenses in tropical Pacific soft corals (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea). I. Sclerites as defenses against generalist carnivorous fishes
• Activation of chemical defenses in the tropical green algae Halimeda spp.
• Phlorotannin allocation among tissues of northeastern Pacific kelps and rockweeds
• Feeding preferences for juvenile and adult algae depend on algal stage and herbivore species
• Comparison of three methods for quantifying brown algal polyphenolic compounds
• Antipredator defenses in tropical Pacific soft corals (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea) II. The relative importance of chemical and structural defenses in three species of Sinularia
• Geographic variation in polyphenolic levels of northeastern Pacific kelps and rockweeds
• Mechanisms of differential survival and growth of two species of Littorina on wave-exposed and on protected shores
• Chemical and structural defenses in the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina: effects against generalist and specialist predators
• Environmental chemistry and chemical ecology of "green tide" Seaweed blooms
• The biogeography of polyphenolic compounds in marine macroalgae: temperate brown algal defenses deter feeding by tropical herbivorous fishes
• Use of ingested algal diterpenoids by Elysia halimedae Macnae (Opisthobranchia : Ascoglossa) as antipredator defenses
• Herbivore grazing increases polyphenolic defenses in the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus
• Chemical defense and chemical variation in some tropical Pacific species of Halimeda (Halimedaceae; Chlorophyta)
• Characteristics of softwater streams in Rhode Island. III. Distribution of macrophytic vegetation in a small drainage basin
• Effects of wounding by the herbivorous snails Littorina sitkana and L. scutulata (Mollusca) on growth and reproduction of the intertidal algae Fucus distichus (Phaeophyta)
• Adventitious branching as a herbivore-induced defense and the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus
• Antiherbivore defenses in Halimeda
• The ecology and evolution of antiherbivore defenses in fucoid brown algae
• The role of secondary metabolites in marine ecological interactions
• A new species of freshwater Rhodophyta, Batrachospermum carpocontortum
• Effect of tree canopy removal by gypsy moth larvae on the macroalgae of a Rhode Island headwater stream
• Effects of phytoplankton taste and smell on feeding behavior of the copepod Centropages hamatus
• Distribution, seasonality and reproductive phenology of Bangia atropurpurea (Rhodophyta) in Rhode Island, USA
• DISTRIBUTION, SEASONALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY OF BANGIA ATROPURPUREA (RHODOPHYTA) IN RHODE ISLAND, U.S.A.
• EFFECT OF TREE CANOPY REMOVAL BY GYPSY MOTH LARVAE ON THE MACROALGAE OF A RHODE ISLAND HEADWATER STREAM1
• EFFECT OF TREE CANOPY REMOVAL BY GYPSY MOTH LARVAE ON THE MACROALGAE OF A RHODE ISLAND HEADWATER STREAM1
• Chemical contaminant levels in edible seaweeds of the Salish Sea and implications for their consumption
• Airborne dimethyl sulfide (DMS) cues dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) increases in the intertidal green alga Ulva fenestrata
• Inducible versus constitutive antioxidant defenses in algae along an environmental stress gradient
• Oysters and eelgrass: potential partners in a high pCO 2 ocean
• Harmful Macroalgal Blooms in a Changing World: Causes, Impacts, and Management
• The Chemical Ecology of Seagrasses
• Neurotransmitters in marine and freshwater algae
• Seasonal effects of short-term stress on susceptibility to herbivores and DMSP induction in the intertidal green alga Ulva fenestrata