Theodore J. Smayda

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PhD Oceanography University of Rhode Island
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Harmful algal blooms: Their ecophysiology and general relevance to phytoplankton blooms in the sea (1997) (1172)
The suspension and sinking of phytoplankton in the sea (1970) (854)
Benthic Filter Feeding: A Natural Eutrophication Control (1982) (531)
Community Assembly in Marine Phytoplankton: Application of Recent Models to Harmful Dinoflagellate Blooms (2001) (507)
Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future. (2015) (498)
What is a bloom? A commentary (1997) (391)
Food limitation of production by adult Acartia tonsa in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island1 (1983) (258)
Strategies of marine dinoflagellate survival and some rules of assembly (2003) (257)
Normal and accelerated sinking of phytoplankton in the sea (1971) (220)
Turbulence, watermass stratification and harmful algal blooms: an alternative view and frontal zones as “pelagic seed banks” (2002) (215)
Temperature and seasonal occurrence patterns of 30 dominant phytoplankton species in Narragansett Bay over a 22-year period (1959-1980) (1984) (188)
Complexity in the eutrophication–harmful algal bloom relationship, with comment on the importance of grazing (2008) (167)
SOME MEASUREMENTS OF THE SINKING RATE OF FECAL PELLETS1 (1969) (156)
Adaptive Ecology, Growth Strategies and the Global Bloom Expansion of Dinoflagellates (2002) (147)
Dinoflagellate blooms in upwelling systems: Seeding, variability, and contrasts with diatom bloom behaviour (2010) (145)
Ctenophore-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA, during 1972–1977 (1982) (145)
Seasonal studies on the relative importance of different size fractions of phytoplankton in Narragansett Bay (USA) (1975) (144)
Reflections on the ballast water dispersal- : harmful algal bloom paradigm (2007) (144)
The distribution and impacts of harmful algal bloom species in eastern boundary upwelling systems (2010) (134)
Dark survival of autotrophic, planktonic marine diatoms (1974) (134)
Phytoplankton Studies in Lower Narragansett Bay1 (1957) (133)
Patterns of variability characterizing marine phytoplankton, with examples from Narragansett Bay (1998) (130)
Biogeographical Studies of Marine Phytoplankton (1958) (124)
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOTATION OF MARINE DIATOMS. II. SKELETONEMA COSTATUM AND RHIZOSOLENIA SETIGERA (1966) (121)
The importance of light in the initiation of the 1972‐1973 winter‐spring diatom bloom in Narragansett Bay1 (1977) (121)
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOTATION OF MARINE DIATOMS. I. THALASSIOSIRA CF. NANA, THALASSIOSIRA ROTULA AND NITZSCHIA SERIATA (1965) (112)
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE, LIGHT, AND SALINITY ON CELL DIVISION OF THE MARINE DIATOM, DETONULA CONFERVACEA (CLEVE) GRAN 2 (1969) (110)
Nutritional value of Phaeocystis pouchetii (Prymnesiophyceae) and other phytoplankton for Acartia spp. (Copepoda): ingestion, egg production, and growth of nauplii (1989) (109)
Status, trends and the future of the marine pelagic ecosystem (2002) (103)
Multidecadal (1959–1997) changes in Skeletonema abundance and seasonal bloom patterns in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA (2009) (91)
The Northeast Shelf Ecosystem: Assessment, Sustainability, and Management (1997) (87)
Ecological investigations of blooms of colonial Phaeocystis pouchetti. II. The role of life-cycle phenomena in bloom termination (1988) (85)
Some experiments on the sinking characteristics of two freshwater diatoms (1974) (79)
HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM COMMUNITIES IN SCOTTISH COASTAL WATERS: RELATIONSHIP TO FISH FARMING AND REGIONAL COMPARISONS - A REVIEW (2004) (79)
Adaptations and selection of harmful and other dinoflagellate species in upwelling systems. 2. Motility and migratory behaviour (2010) (78)
Ecological investigations of blooms of colonial Phaeocystis pouchetti—I. Abundance, biochemical composition, and metabolic rates (1988) (78)
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOTATION OF MARINE DIATOMS. III. BACTERIASTRUM HYALINUM AND CHAETOCEROS LAUDERI (1966) (75)
Ecological features of harmful algal blooms in coastal upwelling ecosystems (2000) (74)
NUTRIENT-PHYTOPLANKTON RELATIONSHIPS IN NARRAGANSETT BAY DURING THE 1974 SUMMER BLOOM (1976) (70)
Red tide blooms of Cochlodinium polykrikoides in a coastal cove (2008) (66)
Bioassay of the growth potential of the surface water of lower Narragansett Bay over an annual cycle using the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana (oceanic clone, 13-1 )1 (1974) (65)
Photosynthesis, excretion, and growth rates of Phaeocystis colonies and solitary cells (1991) (62)
Temporal variability of chlorophyll in Narragansett Bay, 1973–1990 (1998) (61)
Suspension Properties of Various Phyletic Groups of Phytoplankton and Tintinnids in an Oligotrophic, Subtropical System (1983) (57)
Temporal patterns and variations in phytoplankton community organization and abundance in Narragansett Bay during 1959–1980 (1998) (54)
Long-term trends in water clarity revealed by Secchi-disk measurements in lower Narragansett Bay (1998) (52)
Primary Production and the Global Epidemic of Phytoplankton Blooms in the Sea: A Linkage? (2013) (48)
Seasonal variations in the phytoplankton biomass and productivity of a warm-core Gulf Stream ring (1985) (47)
Short-term changes in the biology of a gulf stream warm-core ring: phytoplankton biomass and productivity (1987) (44)
Toxic Alexandrium peruvianum (Balech and de Mendiola) Balech and Tangen in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA) (2012) (44)
Phased cell division in natural populations of the marine diatom Ditylum brightwelli and the potential significance of diel phytoplankton behavior in the sea (1975) (44)
Experimental evaluation of herbivory in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi relevant to ctenophore-zooplankton-phytoplankton interactions in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA (1982) (42)
AUTECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE MARINE DIATOM RHIZOSOLENIA FRAGILISSIMA BERGON. I. THE INFLUENCE OF LIGHT, TEMPERATURE, AND SALINITY 1 (1970) (41)
Adaptations and selection of harmful and other dinoflagellate species in upwelling systems 1. Morphology and adaptive polymorphism (2010) (40)
Diel changes in nitrite concentration in the chlorophyll maximum in the Gulf of Mexico (1983) (39)
Bloom dynamics : Physiology , behavior , trophic e : ffects (1997) (38)
A quantitative analysis of the phytoplankton of the Gulf of PanamaII. On the relationship between C14 assimilation and the diatom standing crop (1965) (37)
The annual phytoplankton cycle at Drobak, Oslofjord (1960) (36)
Gulf Stream position and winter NAO as drivers of long-term variations in the bloom phenology of the diatom Skeletonema costatum “species-complex” in Narragansett Bay, RI, USA (2009) (32)
Heterosigma akashiwo (Raphidophyceae): On prediction of the week of bloom initiation and maximum during the initial pulse of its bimodal bloom cycle in Narragansett Bay (2000) (30)
A quantitative analysis of the phytoplankton of the Gulf of PanamaIII. General ecological conditions and the phytoplankton dynamics at 8°45'N, 79°23'W from November 1954 to May 1957 (1956) (28)
Inputs of subthermocline waters and nitrate onto the Campeche Bank (1987) (28)
Responses of Marine Phytoplankton Populations to Fluctuations in Marine Climate (2005) (27)
Cryptic planktonic diatom challenges phytoplankton ecologists (2011) (27)
The 1985 ‘Brown-Tide’ and the Open Phytoplankton Niche in Narragansett Bay During Summer (2013) (24)
THE EFFECT OF DAYLENGTH AND LIGHT INTENSITY ON THE GROWTH RATE OF THE MARINE DIATOM DETONULA CONFERVACEA (CLEVE) GRAN 1 (1974) (24)
A chlorophyll time series for Narragansett Bay: Assessment of the potential effect of tidal phase on measurement (2001) (24)
Pfiesteria: review of the science and identification of research gaps. Report for the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2001) (24)
AUTECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE MARINE DIATOM RHIZOSOLENIA FRAGILISSIMA BERGON. II. ENRICHMENT AND DARK VIABILITY EXPERIMENTS 1 (1970) (21)
A quantitative analysis of the phytoplankton of the Gulf of Panama: I. Results of the regional phytoplankton surveys during July and November 1957 and March 1958 (1963) (21)
Nitrogen dynamics in lower Narragansett Bay. II. Phytoplankton uptake, depletion rates of nitrogenous nutrient pools, and estimates of ecosystem remineralization (1986) (21)
The Seasonal Incoming Radiation in Norwegian and Arctic Waters, and Indirect Methods of Measurement (1959) (17)
Nutrient and Plankton Dynamics in Narragansett Bay (2008) (17)
Bioassay of lower Narragansett Bay waters during the 1972‐1973 winter‐spring bloom using the diatom Skeletonema costatum1 (1977) (16)
Net phytoplankton and the greater than 20-micron phytoplankton size fraction in upwelling waters off Baja California (1975) (16)
Coincident patterns of waste water suspended solids reduction, water transparency increase and chlorophyll decline in Narragansett Bay. (2016) (15)
VOLUNTARY SWIMMINGSPEEDS AND RESPIRATION RATES OF A FILTER-FEEDING PLANKTIVORE, THE ATLANTIC MENHADEN, BREVOORTIATYRANNUS(PISCES: CLUPEIDAE) (1981) (15)
Nutrition, growth rate and sensibility to grazing for the dinoflagellates Dinophysis acuminata, D. acuta and D. norvegica (1995) (13)
A phantom of the ocean (1992) (13)
Phytoplankton and the balance of nature: an opinion (2012) (12)
Environmental monitoring, with examples from Narragansett Bay (2003) (8)
Recurrent vernal presence of the toxic Alexandrium tamarense/Alexandrium fundyense (Dinoflagellata) species complex in Narragansett Bay, USA (2014) (8)
Growth potential bioassay of water masses using diatom cultures: Phosphorescent Bay (Puerto Rico) and Caribbean waters (1970) (6)
Response to a smelter closure in Cascade mountain lakes (1992) (5)
Changing Acartia spp. phenology and abundance during a warming period in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA: 1972–1990 (2018) (5)
Temporal chemical variability in acid sensitive high elevation lakes (1986) (5)
Homage to the international symposium on red tides the scientific coming of age of research on askashiwo algal blooms flos aquae tsvetenie vody wasserblute (1988) (3)
Autecology of bloom-forming microalgae: extrapolation of laboratory results to field populations and the Redfield-Braarud debate revisited. (2006) (3)
Annual phytoplankton cycle in a meromictic anoxic basin of a Rhode Island (USA) estuarine river (2019) (2)
Toxic phytoplankton blooms in the sea : proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Toxic Marine Phytoplankton, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 28 October-1 November 1991 (1993) (2)
Summary of the Symposium on the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem : Stress, Mitigation, and Sustainability, 12-15 August 1991, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island (1992) (1)
Introduction to Marine Biology.Bayard H. McConnaughey (1972) (0)
SURFO Technical Report No. 11-03 (2016) (0)
Marine biology. A phantom of the ocean. (1992) (0)
Multi-decadal (1972–2019) Mnemiopsis leidyi (Ctenophora) abundance patterns in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA (2020) (0)
Occurrence of Unusual Bodies in a Marine Pennate Diatom (1962) (0)
OIKOS 9:11 1958 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON*) (2015) (0)
Book Review:Advances in Microbiology of the Sea. Volume I. M. R. Droop, E. J. Ferguson Wood (1969) (0)
JAMESTOWN CONSERVATION COMMISSION October 9, 2012, 7:00 PM Jamestown Town Hall, Small Conference Room 93 Narragansett Ave., Jamestown Meeting Agenda (2012) (0)
Flagellates and their blooms in the sea (1995) (0)
From Ponds to Planet: The Ecology Mirrored in the Harvesting of Sunlight by Phytoplankton (1997) (0)
Annual phytoplankton cycle in a meromictic anoxic basin of a Rhode Island (USA) estuarine river (2019) (0)
Book Review:Algal Cultures and Phytoplankton Ecology. G. E. Fogg (1967) (0)

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