Algal blooms in the ocean: hot spots for chemically mediated microbial interactions

C Kuhlisch, A Shemi, N Barak-Gavish… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
The cycling of major nutrients in the ocean is affected by large-scale phytoplankton blooms,
which are hot spots of microbial life. Diverse microbial interactions regulate bloom dynamics …

Impact of marine chemical ecology research on the discovery and development of new pharmaceuticals

LT Tan - Marine Drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Diverse ecologically important metabolites, such as allelochemicals, infochemicals and
volatile organic chemicals, are involved in marine organismal interactions. Chemically …

Tetrodotoxin in marine bivalves and edible gastropods: A mini-review

L Biessy, MJ Boundy, KF Smith, DT Harwood, I Hawes… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a potent neurotoxin responsible for countless human intoxications and
deaths around the world. The distribution of TTX and its analogues is diverse and the toxin …

Acidification can directly affect olfaction in marine organisms

CS Porteus, CC Roggatz, Z Velez… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
In the past decade, many studies have investigated the effects of low pH/high CO2 as a
proxy for ocean acidification on olfactory-mediated behaviours of marine organisms. The …

Becoming nose‐blind—Climate change impacts on chemical communication

CC Roggatz, M Saha, S Blanchard… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical communication via infochemicals plays a pivotal role in ecological interactions,
allowing organisms to sense their environment, locate predators, food, habitats, or mates. A …

[HTML][HTML] Hermit crabs as model species for investigating the behavioural responses to pollution

M Briffa, G Arnott, JD Hardege - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Human impacts on the environment affect organisms at all levels of biological organisation
and ultimately can change their phenotype. Over time, phenotypic change may arise due to …

Evaluating ecosystem change as Gulf of Alaska temperature exceeds the limits of preindustrial variability

MA Litzow, ME Hunsicker, EJ Ward… - Progress in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gulf of Alaska experienced extreme temperatures during 2014–2019, including
the four warmest years ever observed. The goal of this study is to evaluate the ecological …

Microbial metabolites beneficial to plant hosts across ecosystems

V Mathur, D Ulanova - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Plants are intimately connected with their associated microorganisms. Chemical interactions
via natural products between plants and their microbial symbionts form an important aspect …

The exploitation of toxic fish from the terminal Pleistocene in maritime Southeast Asia: A case study from the Mindoro archaeological sites, Philippines

C Boulanger, A Pawlik, S O'connor, AM Sémah… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Seascapes were the last environments to be discovered and mastered in
the history of humankind. The adaptation to such environments therefore required the …

[HTML][HTML] Toxicogenomic Effects of Dissolved Saxitoxin on the Early Life Stages of the Longfin Yellowtail (Seriola rivoliana)

C Guinle, EJ Núñez-Vázquez, LJ Fernández-Herrera… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can produce a variety of noxious effects and, in some cases,
the massive mortality of wild and farmed marine organisms. Some HAB species produce …