R. Wayne Litaker

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

R. Wayne Litaker is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Wayne Litaker has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 56 papers in Oceanography and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in R. Wayne Litaker's work include Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (56 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (51 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (18 papers). R. Wayne Litaker is often cited by papers focused on Marine Toxins and Detection Methods (56 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (51 papers) and Protist diversity and phylogeny (18 papers). R. Wayne Litaker collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and French Polynesia. R. Wayne Litaker's co-authors include Patricia A. Tester, Steven R. Kibler, Mark W. Vandersea, William C. Holland, William G. Sunda, Senjie Lin, Edward J. Noga, D. Ransom Hardison, Maria A. Faust and Mireille Chinain and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

R. Wayne Litaker

97 papers receiving 5.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Wayne Litaker United States	43	3.2k	2.8k	2.0k	1.6k	517	97	5.3k
Jan H. Landsberg United States	28	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	611 0.4×	130 0.3×	59	3.6k
Christopher J. S. Bolch Australia	42	2.4k 0.8×	2.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	52 0.1×	88	4.8k
Senjie Lin United States	48	2.1k 0.6×	3.7k 1.3×	4.8k 2.4×	4.1k 2.5×	34 0.1×	252	9.0k
Øjvind Moestrup Denmark	47	3.1k 1.0×	4.8k 1.7×	3.7k 1.9×	4.0k 2.5×	25 0.0×	192	7.6k
David H. Green United Kingdom	36	588 0.2×	1.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	22 0.0×	66	3.9k
Per Juel Hansen Denmark	56	3.3k 1.0×	7.1k 2.5×	4.7k 2.3×	2.7k 1.6×	18 0.0×	200	10.7k
Alexander Wacker Germany	35	1.1k 0.3×	868 0.3×	1.5k 0.7×	291 0.2×	26 0.1×	101	3.2k
Jarone Pinhassi Sweden	49	1.1k 0.3×	3.1k 1.1×	5.6k 2.8×	3.1k 1.9×	13 0.0×	126	7.6k
Yoshihiko Sako Japan	37	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	12 0.0×	159	4.4k
Eduardo Costas Spain	36	1.3k 0.4×	1.2k 0.4×	766 0.4×	556 0.3×	20 0.0×	149	3.3k

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Stumpf, Richard P., Yizhen Li, Barbara Kirkpatrick, et al.. (2022). Quantifying Karenia brevis bloom severity and respiratory irritation impact along the shoreline of Southwest Florida. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0260755–e0260755. 34 indexed citations

Wynne, Timothy T., Richard P. Stumpf, R. Wayne Litaker, & Raleigh R. Hood. (2021). Cyanobacterial bloom phenology in Saginaw Bay from MODIS and a comparative look with western Lake Erie. Harmful Algae. 103. 101999–101999. 16 indexed citations

Gu, Haifeng, Leo Lai Chan, R. Wayne Litaker, et al.. (2020). Effects of substratum and depth on benthic harmful dinoflagellate assemblages. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 11251–11251. 27 indexed citations

Tester, Patricia A., R. Wayne Litaker, & Elisa Berdalet. (2020). Climate change and harmful benthic microalgae. Harmful Algae. 91. 101655–101655. 110 indexed citations

Hemert, Caroline Van, Sarah K. Schoen, R. Wayne Litaker, et al.. (2019). Algal toxins in Alaskan seabirds: Evaluating the role of saxitoxin and domoic acid in a large-scale die-off of Common Murres. Harmful Algae. 92. 101730–101730. 34 indexed citations

Vandersea, Mark W., Nicolas Chomérat, Santiago Fraga, et al.. (2019). Morphology, toxicity and molecular characterization of Gambierdiscus spp. towards risk assessment of ciguatera in south central Cuba. Harmful Algae. 86. 119–127. 19 indexed citations

Vandersea, Mark W., et al.. (2018). Environmental factors influencing the distribution and abundance of Alexandrium catenella in Kachemak bay and lower cook inlet, Alaska. Harmful Algae. 77. 81–92. 47 indexed citations

Hall, Nathan S., R. Wayne Litaker, W. Judson Kenworthy, et al.. (2018). Consortial brown tide − picocyanobacteria blooms in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Harmful Algae. 73. 30–43. 8 indexed citations

Holland, William C., R. Wayne Litaker, Carmelo R. Tomas, et al.. (2013). Differences in the toxicity of six Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species measured using an in vitro human erythrocyte lysis assay. Toxicon. 65. 15–33. 62 indexed citations

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Tester, Patricia A., Mark W. Vandersea, Steven R. Kibler, et al.. (2013). Gambierdiscus (Dinophyceae) species diversity in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA. Harmful Algae. 29. 1–9. 47 indexed citations

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Hardison, D. Ransom, William G. Sunda, R. Wayne Litaker, Damian Shea, & Patricia A. Tester. (2012). NITROGEN LIMITATION INCREASES BREVETOXINS IN KARENIA BREVIS (DINOPHYCEAE): IMPLICATIONS FOR BLOOM TOXICITY¹. Journal of Phycology. 48(4). 844–858. 48 indexed citations

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Litaker, R. Wayne, Mark W. Vandersea, Maria A. Faust, et al.. (2010). Global distribution of ciguatera causing dinoflagellates in the genus Gambierdiscus. Toxicon. 56(5). 711–730. 201 indexed citations

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Tester, Patricia A., et al.. (2010). Ciguatera fish poisoning and sea surface temperatures in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. Toxicon. 56(5). 698–710. 128 indexed citations

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Ullal, Anirudh J., R. Wayne Litaker, & Edward J. Noga. (2008). Antimicrobial peptides derived from hemoglobin are expressed in epithelium of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus, Rafinesque). Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 32(11). 1301–1312. 94 indexed citations

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Dyble, Julianne, Gary L. Fahnenstiel, R. Wayne Litaker, David F. Millie, & Patricia A. Tester. (2008). Microcystin concentrations and genetic diversity of Microcystis in the lower Great Lakes. Environmental Toxicology. 23(4). 507–516. 74 indexed citations

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Levy, Michael G., R. Wayne Litaker, R Goldstein, et al.. (2007). PISCINOODINIUM, A FISH-ECTOPARASITIC DINOFLAGELLATE, IS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS DINOPHYCEAE, SUBCLASS GYMNODINIPHYCIDAE: CONVERGENT EVOLUTION WITH AMYLOODINIUM. Journal of Parasitology. 93(5). 1006–1015. 18 indexed citations

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Litaker, R. Wayne, et al.. (2005). Genetic relationships among members of the Ichthyobodo necator complex: implications for the management of aquaculture stocks. Journal of Fish Diseases. 28(2). 111–118. 18 indexed citations

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Litaker, R. Wayne, et al.. (2002). Molecular Taxonomy of the Suborder Bodonina (Order Kinetoplastida), Including the Important Fish Parasite, Ichthyobodo necator. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 49(2). 119–128. 38 indexed citations

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Steppe, T.F., Julie B. Olson, Hans W. Paerl, R. Wayne Litaker, & Jayne Belnap. (1996). Consortial N2 fixation: a strategy for meeting nitrogen requirements of marine and terrestrial cyanobacterial mats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 21(3). 149–156. 96 indexed citations

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Litaker, R. Wayne. (1986). Dynamics of a well-mixed estuary. University Microfilms International eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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