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Eissler, Yoanna, Wang, Kui & Coats, D. W. Ultrastructural characterization of the lytic cycle of an intra-nuclear virus of Chaetoceros wighammi from Chesapeake Bay, USA. 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the International Society of Protistologists, August 6-9, Providence, RI.

Cooney, Sean K., Stoecker, Diane K. & Coats, D. W. 2007. Ecology of the fish associated dinoflagellate Crepidoodinium cyprinodontum. 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the International Society of Protistologists, August 6-9, Providence, RI.

Eissler, Y.,Wang, K., Chen, F., & Coats, D. W. 2006 Molecular characterization of Chaetoceros cf gracilis virus isolated from Chesapeake Bay, USA. 2006 Summer ASLO Meeting, 4-9 June, Victoria, British Columbia Canada.

Eissler, Y. & Coats D. W. 2006. Yoanna Eissler, D. Wayne Coats Characterization of Chaetoceros cf gracilis virus isolated from Chesapeake Bay. International Council for Science, Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research, Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods, June 1-3, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Gribble, K. E., Coats, D. W., Anderson, D. M. 2006. Asexual and sexual reproduction in Protoperidinium steidingerae (Dinophyceae). International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae. 12th International Conference on Harmful Algae, 4-8 September 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cooney, S.K., Stoecker, D.K. & Coats, D.W. 2006. Ecology of the Fish Associated Dinoflagellate Crepidoodinium cyprinodontum. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society, Baltimore, MD.

Coats, D. W. 2006 Microbial Controls of Chesapeake Bay Phytoplankton. 13th Meeting of the East Coast Section of the International Society of Protistologists. Russell Sage College, Troy, NY, June 6-8, 2006.

Bai, X, Adolf, J., Bachvaroff, T., Sengco, M., Feinberg, M., Place, A., & Coats, D. W. 2006 Dinoflagellate host and parasite defense mechanisms against karlotoxin-membrane sterol composition. 2006 Gordon Conference on Marine Microbes, July 23-28, 2006, Biddeford, ME.

Kim, S., Park, M. G., Yih, W. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Parasitism of thecate dinoflagellates by two strains of Amoebophrya (Dinophyta): Parasite development, generation time, and host specificity. 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

Kim, S., Park, M. G., Kim, K. Y., Kim, C. H., Yih, W. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Revisiting the species complex hypothesis for Amoebophrya ceratii (Dinophyta). 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

Kim, J. S. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Morphology and ecology for four Chesapeake Bay tintinnids. 11th East Coast Conference on Protozoology. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond Virginia. . J. Euk. Microbiol., 53(1): 11S, 26A.

Eissler, Y & Coats D. W. 2005. Characterization of phytoplankton-viral systems from Chesapeake Bay. 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

Eissler, Y & Coats D. W. 2005. Characterization of phytoplankton-viral systems from Chesapeake Bay. 11th East Coast Conference on Protozoology. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond Virginia. . J. Euk. Microbiol., 53(1): 8S, 13A.

Cooney, S. K. & Coats D. W. 2005. Effect of host cell size and sex on the dinoflagellate gill parasite Crepidoodinium cyprinodontum. 11th East Coast Conference on Protozoology. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond Virginia. . J. Euk. Microbiol., 53(1): 8S, 11A.

Bettarel, Y, Coats, D. W., Kan, J., Wang, K., Chen, F., Williamson, K. & Wommack, K. E. 2005. Isolation and characterization of a nuclear inclusion virus infecting the bloom forming diatom Chaetoceros c. f. gracilis. 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

Bai, X., Adolf, J. E., Bachvaroff, T., Place, A. R. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Effect of host toxicity on success of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya, with preliminary examination of host and parasite membrane sterol composition. 3rd Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S., October 2-7, 2005, Pacific Grove, California.

Bai, X., Adolf, J., Bachvaroff, T., Place, A. & Coats D. W. 2005 Effect of host toxicity on success of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. ex Karlodinium micrum. 2005 ASLO Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain.

Bai, X., Adolf, J., Bachvaroff, T., Place, A. & Coats D. W. 2005 Effect of host toxicity on success of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya with preliminary examination of host and parasite membrane sterol composition. 11th East Coast Conference on Protozoology. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond Virginia. J. Euk. Microbiol., 53(1): 6S, 5A.

Utz, L. R. P., Coats, D. W. & Small, E. B. 2004. Telotroch formation, survivorship, and attachment success of the epibiotic peritrich Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935. Joint Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the Society of Protozoologists, 14-19 June 2003, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51(2): 8A, Abst. 31

Trice, J. T., Coats, D. W. & Cooney, S. 2004. Parasitism of Fundulus majalis bt the dinoflagellate Crepidoodinium cyprinodontum. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 10-13, 2004, Dallas, Texas.

Snoyenbos-West, O. L. O., Cole, J., Campbell, A., Coats, D. W. & Katz, L. A. 2004. Molecular Phylogeny of Phyllopharyngen Ciliates and their Novel Group I Introns. 56^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, June 2-6, 2004, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI. J. Euk. Microbiol., 52(2): 24S, 73A.

Sengco, M. R., Coats, D. W., Popendorf, K. J., Erdner, D. L., Gribble, K. E. & Anderson, D. M. 2004. Studies on the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. ex Alexandrium tamarense. 11^th International Conference on Harmful Algae, 15-19 November, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa.

Place, A. R. & Coats D. W. 2004. Sneaking under the toxin surveillance radar: parasitism and sterol content. 11^th International Conference on Harmful Algae, 15-19 November, 2004, Cape Town, South Africa.

Miller, J, J, & Coats, D. W. 2004. Host recognition and penetration by the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. Joint Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the Society of Protozoologists, 14-19 June 2003, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51(2): 6A, Abst. 23.

Lewis, S. B., Cooney, S. K., Marshall, L. E. & Coats, D. W. 2004. Effect of Karlodinium micrum toxin on success of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. Joint Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the Society of Protozoologists, 14-19 June 2003, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51(2): 5A, Abst 18.

Jardeleza, S. E. & Coats, D. W. 2004. Morphological variation in “free-living” stages of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya. Joint Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the Society of Protozoologists, 14-19 June 2003, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51(2): 3A, Abst. 12.

Coats, D. W. 2004. Parasites run late, but don’t discriminate. 56^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, June 2-6, 2004, Bryant College, Smithfield, RI.

Armstrong, T.-N., Felton, C. & Coats, D. W. 2004. Influence of mixed host populations on success of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya. Joint Meeting of the Phycological Society of America and the Society of Protozoologists, 14-19 June 2003, Gleneden Beach, Oregon. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51(2): 1A, Abst. 3.

Utz, L. R. P., Coats, D. W. & Small, E. B. 2003. Induction of telotroch formation in the peritrich epibionts Zoothamnium spp. 10^th East Coast Conference on Protozoology, June 8-9, 2002, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. J. Euk. Microbiol., 50(2): 26A.

Sengco, M. R., Coats, D. W., Popendorf, K. J., Erdner, D. L., Gribble, K. E. & Anderson, D. M. 2003. Biological and phylogenetic characterization of Amoebophrya sp. ex Alexandrium tamarense. Second Sumposium on Harmful Marine Algae in the U.S. December 9-13, 2003, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Ribblett, S. G., Coats, D. W. & Palmer, M. A. 2003. The functional significance of protists in the decomposition of stream leaf litter. 10^th East Coast Conference on Protozoology, June 8-9, 2002, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. J. Euk. Microbiol., 50(2): 25A.

Miller, J. J. & Coats, D. W. 2003. An ultrastructural study of Amoebophrya sp. dinospores and the early infection process. 10^th East Coast Conference on Protozoology, June 8-9, 2002, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. J. Euk. Microbiol., 50(2): 25A.

Coats, D. W., Cooney, S. K. & Park, M. G. 2003. Parasitism of Dinoflagellates: Variation in Survival, Generation Time, and Specificity of Amoebophrya strains. 54^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Protozoologists, May 17-19, 2002, Salt Lake City, UT. J. Euk. Microbiol., 50(2): 5A.

Armstrong, T.-N. & Coats, D. W. 2003. Influence of suspended solids and host diversity on dinoflagellate parasitism. 10^th East Coast Conference on Protozoology, June 8-9, 2002, Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland. J. Euk. Microbiol., 50(2): 23A.

Park, G.-J., Hur, H.-J. Coats D. W. & Yih, W. (submitted) Characteristics of Endoparasitic Dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp. ex Heterocapsa triquetra isolated from Jinhae Bay, Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography,

Park, G.-J., Hur, H.-J. Coats D. W. & Yih, W. 2007. Endoparasitic dinoflagellates, Amoebophrya spp. and their host dinoflagellates in Jinhae Bay, Korea. Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography, 12: 359-369.

Sengco, M. R., Popendorf, K. J., Erdner, D. L., Gribble, K. E., Anderson, D. M. & Coats, D. W. (in prep) Biological and phylogenetic characterization of Amoebophrya sp. infecting the thecate dinoflagellate, Alexandrium tamarense. To be submitted to J. Euk. Microbiol.

Gribble, K. E., Coats, D. W. & Anderson, D. M. (in prep.) Sexual and asexual reproduction in Protoperidinium steidingerae Balech (Dinophyceae), with observations on life-history stages of Protoperidinium depressum (Bailey) Balech (Dinophyceae). To be submitted to J. Phycol.

Utz, L. R. P. & Coats, D. W. (minor revision) Morphological Characterization of Zoothamnium intermedium PrechtMorphological Characterization of Zoothamnium intermedium Precht, 1935 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia) Attached to Calanoid Copepods in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. J. Euk. Microbiol.

Utz, L. R. P. & Coats, D. W. (accepted) Telotroch formation, survivorship, attachment success, and attachment patterns of the epibiotic peritrich Zoothamnium intermedium (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea). Invertebrate Biology.

Kim, S., Park, M. G., Kim, K.-Y, Kim, C.-H., Yih, W., Park, J. S. & Coats, D. W. 2008. Genetic Diversity of parasitic dinoflagellates of the genus Amoebophrya and its relationships to parasite biology and biogeography. J. Euk. Microbiol., 55:1-8.

Coats, D. W. & Clamp, J. C. (in press) Chapter 4 - Ciliated Protists (Ciliophora) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.F. and D.K. Camp. Gulf of Mexico – Its Origins, Waters, and Biota: Biota. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

Bai, X, Adolf, J. E., Bachvaroff, T, Place, A. R. & Coats, D. W. (2007) The interplay between host toxins and parasitism by Amoebophrya. Harmful Algae, 6: 670-678.

Place, A. R., Harvey H. R., Bai, X & Coats, D. W. 2006. Sneaking under the toxin surveillance radar: Parasitism and sterol content. African Journal of Marine Science, 28: 347-351.

Ma, H.,  Overstreet, R. M., Sniezek, J. H., Solangi, M. & Coats, D. W. 2006. Two new species of symbiotic ciliates from the respiratory tract of cetaceans with establishment of a new genus Planilamina n. gen. (Dysteriida, Kyaroikeidae). J. Euk. Microbiol., 53:407-419.

Utz, L., R. P. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Spatial and temporal patterns in the occurrence of peritrich ciliates as epibionts on calanoid copepods in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. J. Euk. Microbiol., 52: 236-244.

Ribblett, S. G., Palmer, M. A. & Coats, D. W. 2005. The importance of bacterivorous protists in the decomposition of stream leaf litter. Freshwater Biology, 50: 516-526.

Bettarel, Y., Kan, J., Wang, K., Williamson, K. E., Cooney, S., Ribblett, S., Chen, F., Wommack, K. E. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Isolation and preliminary characterization of a small nuclear inclusion virus infecting the diatom Chaetocerus cf. gracilis. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 40: 103-114.

Snoeyenbos-West, O. L. O., Cole, J., Campbell, A., Coats, D. W. & Katz, L. A. 2004. Molecular Phylogeny of Phyllopharyngean Ciliates and their Group I Introns. J. Euk. Microbiol., 51: 441-450.

Park, M. G., Yih, W. & Coats, D. W. 2004. Parasites and phytoplankton, with special emphasis on dinoflagellate infections. J. Euk. Micrbiol., 51: 145-155

Kim, S, Yih, W, Park, M. G. & Coats, D. W. 2004. Infection of the bloom-forming, thecate dinoflagellates Alexandrium affine and Gonyaulax spinifera by two strains of Amoebophrya (Dinophyta). J. Phycol., 40: 815-822.

Smalley, G. W., Coats, D. W. & Stoecker, D. K. 2003. Feeding in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Ceratium furca is influenced by intracellular nutrient concentrations. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 262: 137-151.

Smalley, G. W. & Coats, D. W. 2002. Ecology of the red-tide dinoflagellates Ceratium furca: distribution, mixotrophy, and grazing impact on ciliate populations of Chesapeake Bay. J. Euk. Microbiol., 49: 64-74.

Park, M., G., Cooney, S. K, Yih, W. & Coats, D. W. 2002. Effects of two strains of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya on growth, photosynthesis, light absorption, and quantum yield of bloom-forming dinoflagellates. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 227: 281-292.

Park, M. G., Cooney, S. K., Kim, J. S. & Coats, D. W. 2002. Effects of parasitism on diel vertical migration, phototaxis/geotaxis, and swimming speed of the bloom-forming dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 29: 11-18.

Johansson, M. & Coats, D. W. 2002. Ciliate grazing on the parasite Amoebophrya sp. decreases infection of the red-tide dinoflagellates Akashiwo sanguinea. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 28: 69-78.

Gunderson, J. H., John, S. A., Bowman II, W. C. & Coats, D. W. 2002. Multiple strains of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya exist in Chesapeake Bay. J. Euk. Microbiol., 49: 469-474.

Coats, D. W. & Park, M. G. 2002. Parasitism of photosynthetic dinoflagellates by three strains of Amoebophrya (Dinophyta): parasite survival, infectivity, generation time, and host specificity. J. Phycol., 38: 520-528.

Coats, D. W. 2002. Dinoflagellate Life-Cycle Complexities. J. Phycol., 38: 417-419.

Li, A., Stoecker, D. K. & Coats, D. W. 2001. Use of the “food vacuole content” method to estimate grazing by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Gyrodinium galatheanum on cryptophytes. J. Plank. Res., 23: 303-318.

Gunderson, J. H., Goss, S. H., & Coats, D. W. 2001. FISH probes for the detection of Amoebophrya sp. infecting Akashiwo sanguinea in Chesapeake Bay. J. Euk. Micrbiol., 48: 670–675.

Yih, W. & Coats, D. W. 2000. Infection of Gymnodinium sanguineum by the dinoflagellate Amoebophrya sp.: effect of nutrient environment on parasite generation time, reproduction, and infectivity. J. Euk. Microbiol., 47: 504-510.

Li, A., Stoecker, D. K. & Coats, D. W. 2000. Spatial and temporal aspects of Gyrodinium galatheanum in Chesapeake Bay: distribution and mixotrophy. J. Plank. Res., 22: 2105-2124.

Li, A., Stoecker, D. K., & Coats, D. W. 2000. Mixotrophy in Gyrodinium galatheanum (Dinophyceae): grazing responses to light intensity and inorganic nutrients. J. Phycol., 36: 33-45.

Clamp, J. J. & Coats, D. W. 2000. Planeticovorticella finleyi n.g., n.sp. (Peritrichia, Vorticellidae), a planktonic ciliate with a polymorphic life cycle. Invert. Biol., 119: 1-16.

Smalley, G. W., Coats, D. W. & Adam, E. J. 1999. A new method using fluorescent microspheres to determine grazing on ciliates by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Ceratium furca. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 17: 167-179.

Pierce, R. W. & Coats, D. W. 1999. The feeding ecology of Actinophrys sol (Sarcodina: Heliozoa) in Chesapeake Bay. J. Euk. Microbiol., 46: 451-457.

Kepner, R. L., Jr., Wharton, R. A., Jr. & Coats, D. W. 1999. Ciliated protozoa of two Antarctic lakes: analysis by quantitative protargol staining and examination of artificial substrates. Polar Biol., 21: 285-294.

Gunderson, J. H., Goss, S. H. & Coats, D. W. 1999. The phylogenetic position of Amoebophrya sp. from Gymnodinium sanguineum. J. Euk. Microbiol., 46: 194-197.

Coats, D. W. & Revelante, N. 1999. Distributions and trophic implications of microzooplankton. In: Ecosystems at the Land-Sea Margin: Drainage Basin to Coastal Sea, T. Malone, A. Malej, L. Harding, N. Smodlaka, and E. Turner (eds.), American Geophysical Union, p. 207-239.

Coats, D. W. 1999. Parasitic life styles of marine dinoflagellates. J. Euk. Microbiol., 46: 402-409.

Li, A., Stoecker, D. K., Coats, D. W. & Stoecker, D. K., Li, A., Coats, D. W., Gustafson, D. E. & Nannen, M. K. 1997. Mixotrophy in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 152: 1-12.

Langlois, G. A. & Coats, D. W. 1997. Symposium Introductory Remarks: Protistan Predation Dynamics. J. Euk. Microbiol., 44: 173-175

Sniezek, J. H. & Coats, D. W. 1996. Stomatogenesis in Kyaroikeus cetarius (Dysteriina, Kyaroikeidae, n. fam.): clues to its systematic placement. J. Euk. Microbiol., 43: 113-119.

Adam, J. 1996 Ingestion of fluorescently-labeled and phycoerythrin-containing prey by photosynthetic dinoflagellates. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 10: 139-147.

Coats, D. W., Adam, E. J., Gallegos, C. L. & Hedrick, S. 1996. Parasitism of photosynthetic dinoflagellates in a shallow subestuary of Chesapeake Bay, USA. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 11: 1-9.

Sniezek, J. H., Coats, D. W. & Small, E. B. 1995. Kyaroikeus cetarius n. g., n. sp.: a parasitic ciliate from the respiratory tract of odonticete cetacea. J. Euk. Microbiol., 42: 260-268.

Coats, D. W., Bockstahler, K. R., Berg, G. M. & Sniezek, J. H. 1994. Dinoflagellate infections of Favella panamensis from two North American estuaries. Mar. Biol., 119: 105-113.

Coats, D. W. & Bockstahler, K. R. 1994. Occurrence of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya ceratii in Chesapeake Bay populations of Gymnodinium sanguineum. J. Euk. Microbiol., 41: 586-593.

Bockstahler, K. R. & Coats, D. W. 1993. Grazing of the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium sanguineum Hirasaka on ciliate populations of Chesapeake Bay. Mar. Biol., 116: 477-487.

Bockstahler, K. R. & Coats, D. W. 1993. Spatial and temporal aspects of mixotrophy in Chesapeake Bay dinoflagellates. J. Euk. Microbiol., 40: 49-60.

Choi, J. K., Coats, D. W., Brownlee, D. C. & Small, E. B. 1992. Morphology and infraciliature of three species of Eutintinnus (Ciliophora; Tintinnina) with guidelines for interpreting protargol-stained tintinnine ciliates. J. Protozool., 39: 80-92.

Coats, D. W. 1992. Collection and cultivation of histophagous ciliates. In: J. J. Lee & A. T. Soldo (eds.) Protocols in Protozoology. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS., pp. A53.1-A53.2.

Dolan, J. R. & Coats, D. W. 1991. Preliminary prey digestion in a predacious estuarine ciliate, Euplotes woodruffi, and the use of digestion data to estimate ingestion. Limnol. Oceanogr., 36: 558-565.

Dolan, J. R. & Coats, D. W. 1991. A study of feeding in predacious ciliates using prey ciliates labeled with fluorescent microspheres. J. Plank. Res., 13: 609-627.

Dolan, J. R. & Coats, D. W. 1991. Changes in fine-scale vertical distributions of ciliate microzooplankton related to anoxia in Chesapeake Bay waters. Mar. Microb. Food Webs, 5: 81-93.

Dolan, J. R. & Coats, D. W. 1990. Seasonal abundance of planktonic ciliates and microflagellates in mesohaline Chesapeake Bay waters. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 31:157-175.

Coats, D. W. & Heisler, J. J. 1989. Spatial and temporal occurrence of the parasitic dinoflagellate Duboscquella cachoni and its tintinnine host Eutintinnus pectinis in Chesapeake Bay. Mar. Biol., 101: 401-409.

Heinbokel, J. F., Coats, D. W., Henderson, K. W. & Tyler, M. A. 1988. Reproduction rates and secondary production of three species of the rotifer genus Synchaeta in the estuarine Potomac River. J. Plankton Res., 10: 659-674

Harding, L. W., Jr. & D. W. Coats. 1988. Photosynthetic physiology of Prorocentrum mariae-lebouriae (Dinophyceae) during its subpycnocline transport in Chesapeake Bay. J. Phycol., 24: 77-89.

Coats, D. W. & Harding, L. W., Jr. 1988. Effect of light history on the ultrastructure and physiology of Prorocentrum mariae-lebouriae (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol., 24: 67-77.

Coats, D. W. 1988. Duboscquella cachoni sp. nov., a parasitic dinoflagellate lethal to its tintinnine host Eutintinnus pectinis. J. Protozool., 35: 607-617.

Heinbokel, J. F. & Coats, D. W. 1986. Patterns of tintinnine abundance and reproduction near the edge of seasonal pack-ice in the Weddell Sea, November 1983. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 33: 71-80.

Heinbokel, J. F. & Coats, D. W. 1985. Ciliates and nanoplankton in Arthur Harbor, December 1984 - January 1985. Antarct. J. U.S., 19: 135-13

Anderson, D. M., Coats, D. W. & Tyler, M. A. 1985. Encystment of the dinoflagellate Gyrodinium uncatenum: temperature and nutrient effects. J. Phycol., 21: 200-206.

Heinbokel, J. F. & Coats, D. W. 1984 Reproductive dynamics of ciliates in the ice-edge zone. Antarct. J. U.S., 19: 111-113.

1984. Sexual processes in the life cycle of Gyrodinium uncatenum (Dinophyceae): a morphogenetic overview. J. Phycol., 20: 351-361.