CV    Research    Publications    People    Cyanobium Genome Site

Publications

Lilly, E.L., Halanych, K., and Anderson, D. M.  2007.  Species boundaries and global biogeography of the dinoflagellate “A. tamarense” complex of the dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Dinophyceae).  Journal of Phycology. In Press for December.
   
Orlova, T.Y., Selina, M.S., Lilly, E.L. Kulis, D.M. and Anderson, D.M. 2007.  Morphogenetic and toxin composition variability of Alexandrium tamarense (Dinophyceae) from the east coast of Russia. Phycologia, 46(5): 534-548.

Persich, G.R., Kulis, D., Lilly, E.L., Anderson, D.M. and Garcia, M.T.  2006.  Probable origin and toxin profile of Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech from southern Brazil. Harmful Algae, 5(1): 36-44.

Lilly, E.L., Halanych, K.M., and Anderson, D.M.  2005.  Phylogeny, biogeography, and species boundaries within the Alexandrium minutum group.  Harmful Algae, 4:1004-1020.

Nascimento, S.M., Purdie, D.A., Lilly, E.L., Larsen, J., Morris, S.  2005. Toxin profile, pigment composition and large subunit rDNA phylogenetic analysis of an Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) strain isolated from the Fleet Lagoon, United Kingdom.  Journal of Phycology, 41, 343-353.

Band-Schmidt, C.J., Lilly, E.L., and Anderson, D.M.  2003. Identification of Alexandrium affine and A. margalefi (Dinophyceae) using DNA sequencing and LSU rDNA-based RFLP-PCR assays.  Phycologia, 42(3): 261-268.

Lilly, E.L., Kulis, D.M., Gentien, P. and Anderson, D.M. 2002. Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in France linked to a human-introduced strain of Alexandrium catenella from the Western Pacific: Evidence from DNA and toxin analysis.  Journal of Plankton Research, 24(5): 443-452.


Dissertation

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and               
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program
Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, 2003

Advisor: Don Anderson 
Dissertation Title: Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Toxic Dinoflagellate Alexandrium. 
Description: Delineation of species boundaries and relationships between species of Alexandrium; Biogeography and evolution of the two most prevalent toxic species complexes, the tamarensis complex and the minutum complex; Origins of new toxic populations and the role of human introduction in the recent geographic spread of Alexandrium.