steve.morton@noaa.gov
Physiological ecology of toxic algae. My research focuses on the environmental factors that may influence toxin production. A second emphasis is the culture and taxonomic identification of new species of toxin producing algae and the determination of new bioactive compounds.
Publications:
Richlen, M., S.L. Morton, and P.
Barber. In press.
Phylogeography, morphological variation and
taxonomy of the toxic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus toxicus (Dinophyceae).
Harmful Algae.
Vershinin, A., S.L. Morton, L.L.
Smith, T.A. Leighfield, S. Pankov, and M. Quilliam.
Submitted.
Dinophysis spp. and Prorocentrum lima in
Black Sea phytoplankton and mussel toxicity related to them.
Harmful Algae.
Morton, S.L., A. Vershinin, T.
Leighfield, L. Smith, and M. Quilliam. 2007.
Identification of yessotoxin in mussels from
the Caucasian Black Sea coast of the Russian Federation.
Toxicon 50: 581-584.
Maranda, L., S. Corwin, S. Dover,
and S.L. Morton (2007).
Prorocentrum lima (Dinophyceae) in the
northeastern USA coastal waters II:
Toxin load in the epibiota and in shellfish.
Harmful Algae 6(5):
623-631.
Fristachi, A. J.L. Sinclair, J.
Hambrook-Berkman, G. Boyer, J. Burkholder, J. Burns, W. Carmichael, A.
Dufour, W. Fraizer, S. L. Morton, E. O’Brien, and S. Walker.
2007. Chapter 3:
occurrence of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal
Blooms Workgroup Report.
In:
Proceedings of the Interagency,
International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (Hudnell,
H.K. ed) Springer Press, pp 37-97.
Vershinin, A., S.L. Morton, S.
Pankov, L. L. Smith, M. Quilliam, and J. Ramsdell. (2006) Alexandrium in
the Black Sea—Identity, Ecology and PSP-Toxicity.
African Journal of Maine Science. 28(2):
209-214.
Wicke, W.A., S.L. Morton, J.A.
Cahill, and K.J. Nowocin (2006)
Volunteers and Scientist Unite to Monitor
marine Phytoplankton and Harmful Algal Blooms.
EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical
Union 87(35).
Vershinin, A., A. Moruchkov, S.L.
Morton, T. Leighfield, M. Quilliam, and J. Ramsdell. (2006)
Phytoplankton of Kandalaksha Gulf of the
White Sea: Dinophysis
and lipophilic toxins in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Harmful Algae
(5) 558-564.
Hsia, M.H., S.L. Morton, L.L.
Smith, K.R. Beuchesne, K.M.Huncik, P.D.R. Moeller.
2006.
Production of goniodomin A by the planktonic,
chain-forming dinoflagellate Alexandrium monilatum (Howell) Balech
isolated from the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Harmful Algae 5:290-299.
Vershinin, A. and S.L. Morton.
2005. Protoperidinium ponticum sp. nov (Dinophyceae)
from the North-East Black Sea. Botanaica Marina 48: 244-247.