Map** the development of a Dinophysis bloom in a shellfish aquaculture area using a novel molecular qPCR assay

PA Ajani, HF Henriquez-Nunez, A Verma, S Nagai… - Harmful Algae, 2022 - Elsevier
Diarrhetic shellfish toxins produced by certain species of the marine dinoflagellate
Dinophysis can accumulate in shellfish in high concentrations, representing a significant …

Global warming impacts micro-phytoplankton at a long-term Pacific Ocean coastal station

PA Ajani, CH Davies, RS Eriksen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Understanding impacts of global warming on phytoplankton–the foundation of marine
ecosystems–is critical to predicting changes in future biodiversity, ocean productivity, and …

The Microbiome of the Cosmopolitan Diatom Leptocylindrus Reveals Significant Spatial and Temporal Variability

PA Ajani, T Kahlke, N Siboni, R Carney… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The ecological interactions between phytoplankton and marine bacteria have important
implications for the productivity and biogeochemistry of ocean ecosystems. In this study we …

Response of planktonic microbial assemblages to disturbance in an urban sub-tropical estuary

PA Ajani, H Savela, T Kahlke, D Harrison, T Jeffries… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microbes are sensitive indicators of estuarine processes because they respond rapidly to
dynamic disturbance events. As most of the world's population lives in urban areas and …

Biogeographical and seasonal dynamics of the marine Roseobacter community and ecological links to DMSP-producing phytoplankton

J O'Brien, EL McParland, AR Bramucci… - ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Ecological interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton play a pivotal role in
governing the ocean's major biogeochemical cycles. Among these, members of the marine …

Effect of a short-term salinity stress on the growth, biovolume, toxins, osmolytes and metabolite profiles on three strains of the Dinophysis acuminata-complex …

S Gaillard, D Réveillon, C Danthu, F Hervé, M Sibat… - Harmful Algae, 2021 - Elsevier
Dinophysis is the main dinoflagellate genus responsible for diarrheic shellfish poisoning
(DSP) in human consumers of filter feeding bivalves contaminated with lipophilic diarrheic …

Diatom biogeography, temporal dynamics, and links to Bacterioplankton across seven oceanographic time-series sites spanning the Australian continent

N Le Reun, A Bramucci, J O'Brien, M Ostrowski… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Diatom communities significantly influence ocean primary productivity and carbon cycling,
but their spatial and temporal dynamics are highly heterogeneous and are governed by a …

A database of chlorophyll a in Australian waters

CH Davies, P Ajani, L Armbrecht, N Atkins, ME Baird… - Scientific data, 2018 - nature.com
Chlorophyll a is the most commonly used indicator of phytoplankton biomass in the marine
environment. It is relatively simple and cost effective to measure when compared to …

Assessing the Use of Molecular Barcoding and qPCR for Investigating the Ecology of Prorocentrum minimum (Dinophyceae), a Harmful Algal Species

K McLennan, R Ruvindy, M Ostrowski, S Murray - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Prorocentrum minimum is a species of marine dinoflagellate that occurs worldwide and can
be responsible for harmful algal blooms (HABs). Some studies have reported it to produce …

Hitchhiking in the East Australian Current: rafting as a dispersal mechanism for harmful epibenthic dinoflagellates

ME Larsson, OF Laczka, IM Suthers, PA Ajani… - … ecology progress series, 2018 - int-res.com
Due to their small size, planktonic marine microorganisms have large dispersal capacity in
the global ocean. However, it is not known how epibenthic microalgae disperse across long …