PUBLICATIONS

 

Van Alstyne KL, Dominique VI III, Muller-Parker G (2009) Is the symbiont or the host the source of the dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in an anemone-zooxanthella symbiosis? Coral Reefs 28: 167-176. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Pelletreau KN, Kirby A (2009) Nutritional preferences override chemical defenses in determining food choice by a generalist herbivore, Littorina sitkanaJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, accepted.

Van Alstyne KL (2008) Ecological and physiological roles of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and DMSP cleavage in marine macroalgae.  In: Algal Chemical Ecology (ed: C. Amsler), Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 173-194.

Van Alstyne KL (2008) The distribution of DMSP in green macroalgae from northern New Zealand, eastern Australia, and southern Tasmania.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88: 799-805 . get pdf

Nelson TA, Haberlin K, Nelson AV, Ribarich H, Hotchkiss R, Van Alstyne KL, Buckingham L, Simunds DJ Fredrickson K (2008) Ecological and physiological controls of species composition in green macroalgal blooms. Ecology 89: 1287-1298. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Koellermeier L, Nelson TA (2007) Spatial variation in dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) production in Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) from the northeast Pacific. Marine Biology 150: 1127-1135. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Puglisi MP (2007) DMSP in marine macroalgae and macroinvertebrates:  distribution, functions, and ecological impacts.  Aquatic Sciences 69: 394-402. get pdf

Lyons D, Van Alstyne KL, Scheibling R (2007) Anti-grazing activity and seasonal variation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)-associated compounds in the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoidesMarine Biology 153: 179-188. get pdf

Ross C, Van Alstyne KL (2007) Intraspecific variation in stress-induced hydrogen peroxide scavenging by the ulvoid macroalga Ulva lactucaJournal of Phycology 43: 466-474 get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Nelson AV, Vyvyan JR, Cancilla D (2006) Dopamine functions as an antiherbivore defense in the temperate green alga Ulvaria obscuraOecologia 148: 304-311. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Schupp PJ, Slattery M (2006) The distribution of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in tropical Pacific coral reef invertebrates.  Coral Reefs 25: 321-327. get pdf

Edwards K, Pfister CA, Van Alstyne KL  (2006) Nitrogen content in the brown alga Fucus gardneri and its relation to light, herbivory, and wave exposure.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 336: 99-109. get pdf

Erickson AA, Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL, Kwiatkowski LM (2006) Palatability of macroalgae that use different types of chemical defenses.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 32: 1883-1895. get pdf

Henry BE, Van Alstyne KL (2004) Effects of UV radiation on growth and phlorotannins in Fucus gardneri (Phaeophyceae) juveniles and embryos. Journal of Phycology 40: 527-533. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Houser LT (2003) Dimethyl sulfide release during macroinvertebrate grazing and its role as an activated chemical defense.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 250: 175-181. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Pelletreau KN, Rosario K* (2003) The effects of salinity on dimethylsulfoniopropionate production in the green alga Ulva fenestrata Postels et Ruprecht (Chlorophyta).  Botanica Marina 46: 350-356. get pdf

Pfister CA, Van Alstyne KL (2003) An experimental assessment of the effects of nutrient enhancement on the intertidal kelp Hedophyllum sessile (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae).  Journal of Phycology 39: 285-290. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Ehlig JM, Whitman SL (2001) Differences in herbivore preferences, phlorotannin production, and nutritional quality between adult and juvenile tissues from marine brown algae. Marine Biology 139: 201-210. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Wolfe GV, Freidenburg TL, Neill A, Hicken C (2001) Activated defense systems in marine macroalgae: evidence for an ecological role for DMSP cleavage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 213: 53-65. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Duggins DO, Dethier MN (2001) Spatial patterns in macroalgal chemical defenses. In: J.B. McClintock and B.J. Baker (eds) Marine Chemical Ecology, pp 301-324.

Van Alstyne KL, Pelletreau KN (2000) Effects of nutrient enrichment on growth and phlorotannin production in Fucus gardneri embryos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 206: 33-43. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, McCarthy JJ III, Hustead CL, Kearns LJ (1999) Phlorotannin allocation among tissues of northeastern Pacific kelps and rockweeds. Journal of Phycology 35: 483-492. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Ehlig JM, Whitman SL (1999) Feeding preferences for juvenile and adult algae depend on algal stage and herbivore species. Marine Ecology Progress Series 180: 179-185 get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, McCarthy JJ III, Hustead CL, Duggins DO (1999) Geographic variation in polyphenolic levels of northeastern Pacific kelps and rockweeds. Marine Biology 133: 371-379 get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, (1995) A comparison of three methods for quantifying brown algal polyphenolic compounds.  Journal of Chemical Ecology 21: 45-58.

Van Alstyne KL, Wylie CR, Paul VJ (1994) Antipredator defenses in tropical Pacific soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia).  II. The relative importance of chemical and structural defenses in three species of SinulariaJournal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 178: 17-34.

Boulding EG, Van Alstyne KL (1993) Mechanisms of differential survival and growth of Littorina on wave-exposed and on protected shores. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 169: 139-166.

Boulding EG, Buckland-Nicks J, Van Alstyne KL (1993) Morphological and allozyme variation in Littorina sitkana and related Littorina species from the Northeastern Pacific. The Veliger 36: 43-68.

Van Alstyne KL, Wylie CR, Paul VJ, Meyer K (1992) Antipredator defenses in tropical Pacific soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia).  I. Sclerites as defenses against generalist carnivorous fishes. Biological Bulletin 182:231-240. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Paul VJ (1992) Chemical and structural defenses in the sea fan Gorgonia ventalina: effects against generalist carnivorous fishes and specialist molluscan predators. Coral Reefs 11: 155-159.

Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1992) Activation of chemical defenses in the tropical green algae Halimeda spp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology  160: 191-203.

Van Alstyne KL (1990) Effects of wounding by herbivorous snails Littorina sitkana and Littorina scutulata (Mollusca) on growth and reproduction of the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus (Phaeophyta). Journal of Phycology  26: 412‑416.

Van Alstyne KL, Paul VJ (1990) The biogeography of polyphenolic compounds in marine macroalgae: temperate brown algal defenses deter feeding by tropical herbivorous fishes. Oecologia 84: 158-163.

Van Alstyne KL (1989) Adventitious branching as an herbivore‑induced defense in the intertidal brown alga Fucus distichus. Marine Ecology Progress Series 56: 169‑176. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL (1988) Herbivore grazing increases polyphenolic defenses in the brown alga Fucus distichus. Ecology 69: 655‑663. get pdf

Van Alstyne KL, Paul VJ (1988) The role of secondary metabolites in marine ecological interactions. Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reef Symposium1: 175‑186.

Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1988) The use of ingested algal diterpenoids by Elysia halimedae MacNae (Opisthobranchia: Ascoglossa) as antipredator defenses. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 119: 15‑29.

Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1988) Chemical and morphological antiherbivore defenses in Halimeda (Chlorophyta). Proceedings of the 6th International Coral Reefs Symposium 3:133‑138.

Paul VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1987) Chemical defense and chemical variation in some tropical Pacific species of Halimeda (Halimedaceae; Chlorophyta). Coral Reefs 6: 263‑269.

Van Alstyne KL (1986) Stimulation and inhibition of copepod feeding behavior by phytoplankton extracts and exudates. Marine Ecology Progress Series 34: 187‑190. get pdf

Sheath RG, Burkholder JM, Morison MO, Steinman A, Van Alstyne KL (1986) Effects of tree canopy removal by gypsy moth larvae on the macroalgae of a Rhode Island headwater stream. Journal of Phycology 22: 567‑570.

Sheath RG, Burkholder JM, Hambrook JA, Hogeland AM, Hoy E, Kane ME, Morison MO, Steinman AD, Van Alstyne KL (1986) Characteristics of softwater streams in Rhode Island. III. Distribution of macrophytic vegetation in a small drainage basin.  Hydrobiologia 140: 183‑191.

Sheath RG, Morison MO, Cole KM, Van Alstyne KL (1986) A new species of freshwater red alga, Batrachospermum carpocontortum. Phycologia 25:  321‑330.

Sheath RG, Van Alstyne KL, Cole KM (1986) The seasonality, distribution, and reproductive phenology of Bangia atropurpurea (Rhodophyta) in Rhode Island, USA. Journal of Phycology 21: 297‑303.

 

 

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phone: (360) 293-2188 x-226
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email: kathy.vanalstyne@wwu.edu