Publications

(Does not include published abstracts; *undergraduate coauthor, +graduate student coauthor)

  • Van Alstyne KL, Butler JM*, Smith N*. Airborne dimethyl sulfide (DMS) cues dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) increases in the intertidal green alga Ulva fenestrata. Scientific Reports, 13, 4298, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-30881-9
  • Hahn JL+, Van Alstyne KL, Gaydos JK, Wallis LK, West JE, Hollenhorst SJ, Ylitalo GM, Poppenga RH, Bolton JL, McBride D, Sofield RM (Hahn, Van Alstyne, and Sofield contributed equally to the work). (2022) Chemical contaminant levels in edible seaweeds of the Salish Sea and implications for their consumption.  PloS One 17: e0269269,  DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269269
  • Burnaford, JL, Nguyen TT*, Henderson SY, Van Alstyne KL (2021) Linking physiology to community structure: environmental conditions affect performance and size of an intertidal physical ecosystem engineer.  Journal of Phycology 49: 719–727, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13071.
  • Van Alstyne KL, Sutton L*, Gifford SA (2020) Inducible versus constitutive antioxidant defenses along an environmental stress gradient.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 640: 107-115, DOI: /10.3354/meps13263.
  • Van Alstyne KL, Padilla DK (2019) Chemical ecology of seagrasses. In: Chemical Ecology:  The Ecological Impacts of Marine Natural Product (eds: Puglisi MP, Becerro MA, Paul VJ), CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, pp. 165-192.
  • Van Alstyne KL, Ridgway RL, Nelson TA (2019) Neurotransmitters in marine and freshwater algae. In: Ramakrishna A, Roshchina VV (eds.) Neurotransmitters in plants: possible physiological functions, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton FL, pp. 35-54.
  • Van Alstyne KL (2018) Seawater nitrogen concentration and light independently alter performance, growth, and resource allocation in the bloom-forming seaweeds Ulva lactuca and Ulvaria obscura (Chlorophyta).  Harmful Algae, 78: 27-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.07.005
  • Groner ML, Burge CA, Cox R, Rivlin N, Turner M, Van Alstyne KL, Wyllie-Echeverria S, Bucci J, Staudigel P, Friedman CS.  (2018) Oysters and eelgrass: potential partners in a high pCO2 ocean.  Ecology, published online, DOI:  10.1002/ecy.2393
  • LaPointe BE, Burkholder JM, Van Alstyne KL (2018) Macroalgal blooms in a changing world: causes, impacts, and management. In: Shumway S (ed.) Harmful algal blooms: a compendium desk reference, Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 515-560.
  • Dobkowski KA+, Kobelt J, Breton S, Van Alstyne KL (2017) Picky Pugettia: a tale of two kelps. Marine Biology, 164: 210, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3244-4
  • Rivera Vázquez Y+, Van Alstyne KL,  Bingham BL (2017) Exudates of the green alga Ulvaria obscura (Kützing) affect larval development of Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz) and Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg).  Marine Biology, 164: 194, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3228-4.
  • van Hees DH, Olsen YS, Wernberg T, Van Alstyne KL, Kendrick G  (2017) Phenolic concentrations of seaweeds and relationships to nearshore environmental gradients.  Marine Biology, 164: 74 DOI: 10.1007/s00227-017-3115-z)
  • Van Alstyne KL, Gifford S-A, Dohman J*, Savedo M* (2016) Effects of environmental changes, tissue types, and reproduction on emissions of dimethyl sulfide from seaweeds that form green tides. Environmental Chemistry, 13: 220-230, DOI: 10.107/EN15037
  • Van Alstyne KL (2016) Seasonal changes in nutrient limitation and nitrate sources in the green macroalga Ulva lactuca at sites with and without green tides in a northeastern Pacific embayment.  Marine Pollution Bulletin 103: 186-194, DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.020.
  • Groner ML, Burge CA, Kim KJS, Van Alstyne KL, Rees E, Yang S, Wyllie-Echeverria S, Harvell CD (2016) Plant characteristics associated with widespread variation in eelgrass wasting disease. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms,118: 159-168, DOI: 10.3354/dao02962.
  • Van Alstyne, KL Nelson TA, Ridgway RL (2015) The environmental chemistry and chemical ecology of “green tide” seaweed blooms. Integrative and Comparative Biology 55: 518-532, DOI: 10.1093/icb/icv035
  • Guidone M, Thornber CS, Van Alstyne KL (2015) Invertebrate herbivore impacts on two co-occurring bloom-forming Ulva species. Hydrobiologia 753:175-188, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2204-6
  • Van Alstyne KL, Olson TK* (2014) Estimating variation in surface emissivities of intertidal macroalgae using an infrared thermometer and the effects on temperature measurements.  Marine Biology, 161: 1409-1418, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2429-3
  • Van Alstyne KL, Harvey+ EL, Cataldo M* (2014) Effects of dopamine, a compound released by the green-tide macroalga Ulvaria obscura, on marine algae and invertebrate larvae and juveniles.  Phycologia 53:195-202.  DOI: dx.doi.org/10.2216/13-237.1
  • Van Alstyne KL, Anderson KJ*, van Hees DH+, Gifford S-A.  (2013)  Dopamine release by Ulvaria obscura (Chlorophyta): environmental triggers and impacts on the photosynthesis, growth, and survival of the releaser.  Journal of Phycology, 49: 719-727, DOI:  10.1111/jpy.12081
  • van Hees DH+, Van Alstyne KL (2013) Effects of emersion, temperature, dopamine, and hypoxia on extracellular oxidant accumulations surrounding the bloom-forming seaweeds Ulva lactuca and Ulvaria obscura. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448:207-213, DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.07.013
  • Oduro H, Van Alstyne KL, Farquhar J (2012) Sulfur isotope variability of oceanic DMSP generation and its contributions to marine biogenic sulfur emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109: 9012-9016 doi:10.1073/pnas.1117691109 get pdf
  • Van Alstyne KL, Flanagan J*, Gifford, S.-A. (2011) Recreational clam harvesting affects sediment nutrient remineralization and the growth of the green macroalga Ulva lactuca. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 401: 57-62. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.03.002 get pdf
  • Van Alstyne KL, Anderson K*, Winans A+ (2011) Dopamine release by the green alga Ulvaria obscura after simulated immersion by incoming tides. Marine Biology, 158: 2087-2094, DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1716-5.
  • Lyons D+, Scheibling R, Van Alstyne KL (2010) Spatial and temporal variation in DMSP content in the invasive seaweed Codium fragile ssp. fragile: effects of temperature, light, and grazing. Marine Ecology Progress Series 417: 51-61. DOI: 10.3354/meps08818
  • Van Alstyne KL, Pelletreau KN, Kirby A* (2009) Nutritional preferences override chemical defenses in determining food choice by a generalist herbivore, Littorina sitkana. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 379: 85-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.08.002
  • Van Alstyne KL, Dominique VJ III*, Muller-Parker G (2009) Is dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) produced by the symbionts or the hosts in an anemone-zooxanthella symbiosis? Coral Reefs 28: 167-176 DOI 10.1007/s00338-008-0443-y get pdf
  • Van Alstyne KL (2008) Ecological and physiological roles of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its DMSP cleavage in marine macroalgae. In: Algal Chemical Ecology (ed: C. Amsler), Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 173-194. DOI 10.1017/S0025315408001562
  • 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* (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. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0448-4 get pdf
  • Van Alstyne KL, Puglisi MP (2007) DMSP in marine macroalgae and macroinvertebrates: distribution, functions, and ecological impacts. Aquatic Sciences 69: 394-402 DOI: 10.1017/s00027-007-0888-z 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. tomentosoides. Marine Biology 153: 179-188 DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0795-9 get pdf
  • Ross C, Van Alstyne KL (2007) Intraspecific variation in stress-induced hydrogen peroxide scavenging by the ulvoid macroalga Ulva lactuca. Journal of Phycology, 43: 466-474 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00346.x get pdf
  • Van Alstyne KL, Nelson AV+, Vyvyan JR, Cancilla D (2006) Dopamine functions as an antiherbivore defense in the temperate green alga Ulvaria obscura. Oecologia 148: 304-311. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0378-3 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. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0114-9 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. DOI: 10.1016/j-jembe.2006.04.013 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. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-006-9116-x 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. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03103.x 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, Whitman SL*, Ehlig JM* (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, Dethier MN, Duggins DO (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 Sinularia. Journal 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 Symposium 1: 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.

Lay Publications and Reports

  • Van Alstyne KL (2008) The Smell of the Sea. JMBA Global Marine Environment. Marine Biological Association, Plymouth.
  • Lubchenco J, Mooney HA, Risser PG, Van Alstyne KL, Vergun JR (1998) The Aldo Leopold Leadership Program. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79: 232-234.
  • Tsuda RT, Nelson SG, Paul, VJ, Van Alstyne KL (1987) Survey of potentially important economic seaweeds in Yap Lagoon, Micronesia. Prepared for Marine Resources Management Division, Yap State, FSM. Univ. of Guam Marine Lab., Misc. Rept. No. 56,16 pp.

Citations to Published Works