ArticleProtist2018
Quantitative Response of Alexandrium catenella Cyst Dormancy to Cold Exposure.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Physical Drivers of a Massive Harmful Algal Bloom in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas in Summer 2022.Journal of geophysical research. Oceans · 2025Article
- Broad active metabolic pathways, autophagy, and antagonistic hormones regulate dinoflagellate cyst dormancy in marine sediments.Science advances · 2025Article
- Interannual and Decadal Changes in Harmful Algal Blooms in the Coastal Waters of Fujian, China.Toxins · 2022Article
- Growing Degree-Day Measurement of Cyst Germination Rates in the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
- Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Marine harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the United States: History, current status and future trends.Harmful algae · 2021Review
- Cyst-forming dinoflagellates in a warming climate.Harmful algae · 2020Review
- Generalist Life Cycle Aids Persistence of Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) in Seasonal Coastal Habitats of the Baltic Sea.Journal of phycology · 2019Article
- Future temperature and salinity do not exert selection pressure on cyst germination of a toxic phytoplankton species.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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Abstract
Many dinoflagellate cysts experience dormancy, a reversible state that prevents germination during unfavorable periods. Several of these species also cause harmful algal blooms (HABs), so a quantitative understanding of dormancy cycling is desired for better prediction and mitigation of bloom impacts. This study examines the effect of cold exposure on the duration of dormancy in Alexandrium catenella, a HAB dinoflagellate that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). Mature, dormant cysts from Nauset Marsh (Cape Cod, MA USA) were stored at low but above freezing temperatures for up to six months. Dormancy status was then determined at regular intervals using a germination assay. Dormancy timing was variable among temperatures and was shorter in colder treatments, but the differences collapse when temperature and duration of storage are scaled by chilling-units (CU), a common horticultural predictor of plant and insect development in response to weather. Cysts within Nauset meet a well-defined chilling requirement by late January, after which they are poised to germinate with the onset of favorable conditions in spring. Cysts thus modulate their dormancy cycles in response to their temperature history, enhancing the potential for new blooms and improving this species' adaptability to both unseasonable weather and new habitats/climate regimes.
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