Publications
- Reece, K.S. and C.F. Dungan (In Press) Chapter X.X.: Perkinsus spp. Infections of Marine Mollusks. The American Society Fish Health Section Bluebook.
- Reece, K.S., R.W. Litaker, Place, A.R. and W.K. Vogelbein (In Press) Pfiesteria: a common estuarine dinoflagellate with a colorful past. In: Dinoflagellates: Classification, Evolution and Ecological Significance. Ed. D.V. Subba Rao, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA.
- Reece, K.S. and E.M. Burreson (In Press) The Chesapeake Bay Oyster: Cobblestone to Keystone. In: Diet for a Sustainable Ecosystem: The science for recovering the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its people. Ed. B. Cuker. Series: Estuaries of the World, Ed. J.P. Ducrotoy. Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Switzerland.
- Friedman, C.S., Reece, K.S., Wippel, C.J.T., Agnew, M.V., Dégremont, L., Dhar, A.K., Kirkland, P., MacIntyre, A., Morga, B., Robison, C., and C.A. Burge (2020) Unraveling concordant and varying responses of oyster species to Ostreid Herpesvirus 1 variants. Sci. Total Environ. 739:139752. https://doi.org/10.1016/jscitotenv.2020.139372
- Harris, C.M., Reece, K.S., Stec, D.F., Scott, G.P., Jones, W.M., Hobbs, P.L.M. and T.M Harris (2020) The toxin goniodomin, produced by Alexandrium spp., is identical to goniodomin A. Harmful Algae. 92:101707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2019.101707
- Burge, C.A., Reece, K.S., Dhar, A.K., Kirkland, P., Morga, B., Dégremont, L., Faury, N., Wippel, B.J.T., MacIntyre, A. and C.S. Friedman (2020) First comparison of French and Australian OsHV-1 µvars by bath exposure. Dis. Aquat. Org. 138:137-144. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03452
- Tainter, C.J., Schley, N.D., Harris, C.M., Stec, D.F., Song, A.K., Balinski, A., Mary, J.C., Mclean, J.A., Reece, K.S. and T.M. Harris (In Press) Algal toxin goniodomin A binds potassium ion selectively to yield a conformationally altered complex with potential biological consequences. J. Nat. Prod. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.9b01094
- Small, H.J., Huchin-Mian, J.P., Reece, K.S., Pagenkopp-Lohan, K., Butler IV, M.J. and J.D. Shields (2019) Parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium perezi prevalence in larval and juvenile blue crabs Callinectes sapidus from coastal bays of Virginia. Dis. Aquat. Org. 134(3):215-222. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03371
- Small, H.J., Stentiford, G.D., Behringer, D.C., Freeman, M.A., Atherley, N.A.M., Reece, K.S., Bateman, K.S. and J.D. Shields (2019) Characterization of microsporidian Ameson herrnkindi sp.nov. infecting Carribean spiny lobsters Panulirus argus. Dis. Aquat. Org. 136(3):209-218. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03406
- Turley, B., Reece, K.S., Shen, J., Guo, X. and J.R. McDowell (2019) Multiple drivers of interannual oyster settlement and recruitment in the lower Chesapeake Bay. Cons. Genet. 20(5):1057-1071. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-019-01194-0
- Guévélou, E., Carnegie, R.B., Small, J.M., Hudson, K., Reece, K.S., Rybovich, M.M. and S.K. Allen Jr. (2019) Tracking triploid mortalities of Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. J. Shellfish Res. 38:101-113. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.038.0110
- Burreson, E.M., Reece, K.S. and F. Dunker (2019) A new species of Ostreobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) infesting rockfishes in the genus Sebastes (Sebastidae) in marine public aquaria on the northern California coast, U.S.A. Comparat. Parasitol. 86:30-37. https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.30
- Audemard, C., Kator H.I. and K.S. Reece (2018) High salinity relay as a post-harvest processing method for reducing Vibrio vulnificus levels in oysters (Crassostrea virginica). J. Food Microbiol. 279:70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2018.04.043
- Pagenkopp Lohan, K., Hill-Spanik, K., Torchin, M., Fleischer, R., Carnegie, R., Reece, K.S. and G. Ruiz (2018) Phylogeography and connectivity of molluscan parasites: Perkinsus spp. in Panama and boyond. Inter. J. Parasit. 48:135-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2017.08.014
- Kang, H.-S., Yang, H.-S., Reece, K.S., Cho, Y.-G., Lee, H.-M., Kim, C.-W. and K.S. Choi (2017) Survey on Perkinsus species in Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in Korean waters using species-specific PCR. Fish Pathol. 52:202-205. https://doi.org/10.3147/jsfp.52.202
- Reece, K.S., Scott, G.P., Dang, C. and C.F. Dungan (2017) A novel monoclonal Perkinsus chesapeaki in vitro isolate from an Australian cockle, Anadara trapezia. J. Invert. Pathol. 148:86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2017.05.007
- Vandersea, M.W., Kibler, S.R., Van Sant, S.B., Tester, P.A., Eckert, G., Camarata, C., Reece, K.S., Scott, G.P., Place, A., Holderied, K., Hondolero, D. and R.W. Litaker (2017) qPCR assays for Alexandrium fundyense and A. ostenfeldii identified from Alaskan coastal waters and a review of species-specific Alexandrium molecular assays. Phycologia. 56:303-320. https://doi.org/10.2216/16-41.1
- Kang, H.-S., Yang, H.-S., Reece, K.S., Hong, H.-K., Park, K.-I. and K.-S. Choi (2016) First report of P. honshuensis in the variegated carpet shell clam Ruditapes variegatus in Korea. Dis. Aquat. Org. 122:35-41. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03063
- Glandon, H.L., Michaelis, A.K., Politano, V.A., Alexander, S.T., Vlahovich, E.A., Reece, K.S., Koopman, H.N., Meritt, D.W. and K.T. Paynter (2016) Impact of environment and ontogeny on relative fecundity and egg quality of female oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from four sites in Northern Chesapeake Bay. Biol. Bull. 231:185-198. https://doi.org/10.1086/691066
- Hill-Spanik, K.M., McDowell, J.R., Stokes, N.A., Reece, K.S., Burreson, E.M. and R.B. Carnegie (2015) Phylogeographic perspective on the distribution and dispersal of a marine pathogen, oyster parasite Bonamia exitiosa. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 536:65-76. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11425
- Ramilo, A., Carrasco, N., Reece, K.S., Valencia, J.M., Grau, A., Aceituno, P., Rojas, M., Gairin, I., Dolores Furones, M., Abollo, E. and A. Villalba (2015) Update of information on perkinsosis in NW Mediterranean coast: Identification of Perkinsus spp. (Protista) in new locations and hosts. J. Invert. Pathol. 125:37-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.12.008
- Dang, C., Dungan, C.F., Scott, G.P. and K.S. Reece (2015) Perkinsus sp. infections and in vitro isolates from Anadara trapezia (mud arks) of Queensland, Australia. Dis. Aquat. Org. 113:31-58. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02816
- da Silva, P.M., Scardua, M.P., Vianna, R.T., Mendonça, R.C., Vieira, C.B., Dungan, C.F., Scott, G.P. and K.S. Reece (2014) Two Perkinsus spp. infect Crassostrea gasar oysters from cultured and wild populations of the Rio São Francisco estuary, Sergipe, northeastern Brazil. J. Inv. Parasit. 119:62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2014.04.005
- Hill, K.M., Stokes, N.A., Webb, S.C., Hine, P.M., Kroeck, M.A., Moore, J.D., Morley, M.S. Reece, K.S., Burreson, E.M. and R.B. Carnegie (2014) Phylogenetics of Bonamia parasites based on small subunit and internal transcribed spacer region ribosomal DNA sequence data. Dis Aquat. Org. 110:33-54. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02738
- Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M., McDowell, J.R., Shields, J.D. and K.S. Reece (2014) Genotypic variation in the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium perezi along the Delmarva Peninsula, Virginia. Mar. Biol. 161(2):261-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2332-3
- Gauthier, D.T., Audemard, C.A., Carlsson, J.E.L., Darden, T.L., Denson, M.R., Reece, K.S. and J. Carlsson (2013) Genetic population structure of US Atlantic coastal striped bass (Morone saxatilis). J. Hered. 104(4):510-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/est031
- Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M., Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Place, A.R. and K.S. Reece (2013) Conservation in the first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) region of Hematodinium perezi from Callinectes sapidus. Dis. Aquat. Org. 103(1):65-75. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02559
- Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M., Reece, K.S., Miller, R.L., Wheeler, K.N., Small, H.J. and J.D. Shields (2012) The role of alternate hosts in the ecology and life history of Hematodinium sp., a parasitic dinoflagellate of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus). J. Parasitol. 98:73-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-2854.1
- Pagenkopp Lohan, K.M., McDowell, J.R., Shields, J.D., Xiao, J., Miller, T.L. and K.S. Reece (2012) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for the parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium perezi, a parasite of Callinectes sapidus. Mol. Ecol. Res. 12:570-572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03133.x
- Liu, S., Rexroad, C.E., Couch, C.R., Cordes, J.F., Reece, K.S. and C.V. Sullivan (2012) A microsatellite linkage map of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) reveals conserved synteny with the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Mar. Biotechnol. 14:237-244. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-011-9407-2
- Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Reece K.S., Bateman, K. and G.D. Stentiford (2012) Morphological and molecular characterization of Hematodinium perezi (Dinophyceae: Syndiniales), a dinoflagellate parasite of the harbour crab, Liocarcinus depurator. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 59:54-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00592.x
- Xiao, J., Cordes, J.F., Moss, J.A. and K.S. Reece (2011) Genetic diversity in US hatchery stocks of Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1913) and comparison with natural populations in Asia. J. Shellfish. Res. 30:751-760. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.030.0315
- Audemard, C., Kator, H.I., Rhodes, M.W., Gallivan, T., Erskine, A.J., Leggett, T.A. and K.S. Reece (2011) High salinity relay as a post-harvest processing strategy to reduce Vibrio vulnificus levels in Chesapeake Bay oysters (Crassostrea virginica). J. Food Protection. 74(11):1902-1907. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x.JFP-11-152
- Gauthier, D.T., Reece, K.S., Xiao, J., Rhodes, M.W., Kator, H.I., Latour, R.J., Bonzek, C.F., Hoenig, J.M. and W.K. Vogelbein (2010) Quantitative PCR assay for Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii and Mycobacterium shottsii and application to environmental samples and fishes from Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Micro. 76:6171-6179. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01091-10
- Li, C., Shields, J.D. Miller, T.L., Small, H.J., Pagenkopp, K.M. and K.S. Reece (2010) Detection and quantification of the free-living stage of the parasitic dinoflagellate Hematodinium sp. in laboratory and environmental samples. Harmful Algae. 9:515-521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2010.04.001
- Stentiford, G.D., Bateman, K.S., Small, H.J., Moss, J., Shields, J.D., Reece, K.S. and I. Tuck (2010) Myospora metanephrops (n. gn., n. sp.) from marine lobsters and a proposal for erection of a new Order and Family (Crustaceacida; Myosporidae) in the Class Marinosporidia (Phylum Microspora). Int. J. Parasitol. 40:1433-1446. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.04.017
- Krugner-Higby, L., Haak, D., Johnson, P.T.J., Shields, J.D., Jones III, W.M., Reece, K.S., Meinke, T., Gendron, A. and J.A. Rusak (2010) Ulcerative disease outbreak in crayfish Oronectes propinquus linked Saprolegnia australis in Big Muskellunge Lake, Wisconsin. Dis. Aquat. Org. 91:57-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02237
- Costa de Melo, A.G., Varela, E.S., Beasley, C.R., Schneider, H., Sampaio, I., Gaffney, P.M., Reece, K.S., and C.H. Tagliaro (2010) Molecular identification, phylogeny and geographic distribution of Brazilian mangrove oysters (Crassostrea). Gen. Mol. Biol. 33:564-572. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572010000300030
- Xiao, J. Cordes, J.F., Wang, H., Guo, X., and K.S. Reece (2010) Population genetics of Crassostrea ariakensis in Asia inferred from microsatellite markers. Mar. Biol. 157:1767-1781. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S00227-010-1449-x
- Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Haas, L.W., Vogelbein, W.K., Moss, J.A. and K.S Reece (2009) Genetic variation among strains of Pseudopfiesteria shumwayae and Pfiesteria piscicida (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 45(6):1315-1322. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00754.x
- Reece, K.S., Burreson, E.M. and C.F. Dungan (2008) Molecular epidemiology of Perkinsus marinus and P. chesapeaki infections in wild oysters and clams of the Chesapeake Bay region. Dis. Aquat. Org. 82:237-248. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao01997
- Cordes, J.F., Xiao J. and K.S. Reece (2008) Discrimination of nine Crassostrea oyster species based upon restriction fragment-length polymorphism analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers. J. Shellfish Res. 27:1155-1161. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000-27.5.1155
- Carlsson, J., Carnegie, R.B., Cordes, J.F., Hare, M.P., Leggett, A.T. and K.S. Reece (2008) Evaluating recruitment contribution of a selectively bred aquaculture line of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica used in restoration efforts. J. Shellfish Res. 27:1117-1124. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000-27.5.1117
- Johnston, L.D., Brown, G., Gauthier, D., Reece, K., Kator, H. and P. Van Veld (2008) Apolipoprotein A-I from striped bass (Morone saxatilis) demonstrates antibacterial activity in vitro. Compar. Biochem. Physiol. 151:167-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.06.011
- Gast, R.J., Moran, D.M., Audemard, C., Lyon, M.M., Uhlinger, K., Reece, K.S., Leavitt, D. and R. Smolowitz (2008) Environmental distribution and persistence of Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX). Dis. Aquat. Org. 81:219-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao01948
- Gauthier, D.T., Vogelbein, W.K., Rhodes, M.W. and K.S. Reece (2008) Nested polymerase chain reaction assay for detection of Mycobacterium shottsii and M. pseudoshottsii in striped bass. J. Aquat. Animal Health. 20:192-201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/H07-037.1
- Casas, S.M., Reece, K.S., Li, Y., Moss, J.A., Villalba, A. and J.F. La Peyre (2008) Continuous culture of Perkinsus mediterraneus, a parasite of the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis and characterization of its morphology, propagation, and extracellular proteins in vitro. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55:34-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00301.x
- Xiao, J., Cordes, J.F., Jones, K.C., Allen, S.K., Jr. and K.S. Reece (2008) Eleven novel microsatellite markers for the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis. Mol. Ecol. Res. 8:843-845. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-0998.2007.02085.x
- Moss, J.A., Xiao, J., Dungan, C.F. and K.S. Reece (2008) Description of Perkinsus beihaiensis n. sp., a new Perkinsus sp. parasite in oysters of Southern China. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 55:117-130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00314.x
- Reece, K.S., Cordes, J.F., Stubbs, J.B., Francis, E., and K. Hudson (2008) Molecular phylogenies help resolve taxonomic confusion with Asian Crassostrea oyster species. Mar. Biol. 153:709-721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0846-2
- Grauvogel, C., Reece, K.S., Brinkmann, H. and J. Peterson (2007) Plastid isoprenoid metabolism in the oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus connects dinoflagellates and malaria pathogens - new impetus for studying alveolates. J. Mol. Evol. 65:725-729. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-007-9053-5
- Moss, J.A., Burreson, E.M., Cordes, J.F., Dungan, C.F., Brown, G.D., Wang, A., Wu, X. and K.S. Reece (2007) Pathogens in Crassostrea ariakensis and other Asian oyster species: implications for non-native oyster introduction to Chesapeake Bay. Dis. Aquat. Org. 77: 207-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao01829
- Mason, P.L., Litaker, R.W., Jeong, H.J., Ha, J.H., Reece, K.S., Stokes, N.A., and J.Y. Park (2007) Description of a new genus of Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates, Luciella gen. nov. (Dinophyceae), including two new species: Luciella masanensis sp. nov. and Luciella atlantis sp. nov. J. Phycol. 43:799-810. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00370.x
- Dungan, C.F., Hamilton, R.M., Burreson, E.M., Reece, K.S. and N.A. Stokes (2007) Experimental cross-infections by Perkinsus marinus and P. chesapeaki in three sympatric species of Chesapeake Bay oysters and clams. Dis. Aquat. Org. 76(1):67-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao076067
- Nunan L.M., Lightner D.V., Pantoja C.R., Stokes N.A. and K.S. Reece (2007) Characterization of a rediscovered haplosporidian parasite from cultured Penaeus vannamei. Dis. Aquat. Org. 74:67-75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao074067
- Dungan, C.F., Reece, K.S., Moss, J.A., Hamilton, R.M. and B.K. Diggles (2007) Perkinsus olseni in vitro isolates from the New Zealand clam Austrovenus stutchburyi. J. Eukary. Microbiol. 54(3):263-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00265.x
- Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Moss, J.A. and K.S. Reece (2007) Conservation in the first internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1) in Hematodinium species infecting crustacean hosts found in the UK and Newfoundland. Dis. Aquat. Org. 75:251-258. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao075251
- Small, H.J., Shields, J.D., Hudson, K.L. and K.S. Reece (2007) Molecular detection of Hematodinium sp. infecting the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. J. Shellfish Res. 26:131-139. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2007)26[131:MDOHSI]2.0.CO;2
- Carlsson, J. and K.S. Reece (2007) Eight PCR primers to amplify EST-linked microsatellites in the Eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica genome. Mol. Ecol. Notes. 7:257-259. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01573.x
- Litaker, R.W., Vandersea, M.W., Reece, K.S., Stokes, N.A., Yonish, B.A., Kibler, S.R., Black, M.N.D., Steidinger, K.A., Lutzoni, F.M. and P.A. Tester (2007) Recognizing dinoflagellate species using ITS rDNA sequences. J. Phycol. 43(2):344-355. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00320.x
- Boettcher, K.J., Smolowitz, R., Lewis, E.J., Allam, B., Dickerson, H., Ford, S., Huq, A., Reece, K.S., Rivara, G., Maloy, A.P. and C.M. Woodley (2006) Juvenile oyster disease (JOD) in Crassostrea virginica: synthesis of knowledge and recommendations. J. Shellfish Res. 25:683-686. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[651:AOTP]2.0.CO;2
- Li, C., Shields, J.D., Small, H.J., Reece, K.S., Hartwig, C.L., Cooper, R.A. and R.E. Ratzlaff (2006) Detection of Panulirus argus virus 1 (Pav1) in the Caribbean spiny lobster using fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Dis. Aquat. Org. 72:185-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao072185
- Carlsson, J., Morrison, C. and K.S. Reece (2006) Wild and aquaculture populations of the Eastern oyster compared using microsatellites. J. Hered. 97:595-598. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esl034
- Dungan, C.F. and K.S. Reece (2006) In vitro propagation of two Perkinsus spp. parasites from Japanese Manila clams Venerupis philippinarum, and description of Perkinsus honshuensis n. sp. J. Eukary. Microbiol. 53(5):316-326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00120.x
- Burreson, E.M. and K.S. Reece (2006) Spore ornamentation of Haplosporidium nelsoni and Haplosporidium costale (Haplosporidia) and incongruence of molecular phylogeny and spore ornamentation in the Haplosporidia. J. Parasitol. 92(6):1295-1301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/GE-897R.1
- Camara, M.D., Allen, S.K., Jr., Carnegie, R.B. and K.S. Reece (2006) Out-crossing among commercial strains of the Northern Quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria: Survival, growth, and implications for selective breeding. J. Shellfish Res. 25(2):403-416. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[403:OACSOT]2.0.CO;2
- Audemard, C., Ragone Calvo, L.M., Paynter, K.T., Reece, K.S. and E.M. Burreson (2006) Real-time PCR investigation of parasite ecology: In situ determination of oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus transmission dynamics in lower Chesapeake Bay. Parasitol. 132:827-842. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182006009851
- Hare, M., Allen, S.K., Jr., Bloomer, P., Camara, M.D., Carnegie, R.B., Murfree, J., Luckenbach, M., Meritt, D., Morrison, C., Paynter, K.T., Reece, K.S. and C. Rose (2006) A genetic test for recruitment enhancement in Chesapeake Bay oysters, Crassostrea virginica, after population supplementation with a disease tolerant strain. Cons. Genetics. 7:717-734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-005-9108-3
- Moss, J.A., Burreson, E.M. and K.S. Reece (2006) Advanced Perkinsus marinus infections in Crassostrea ariakensis maintained under laboratory conditions. J. Shellfish. Res. 25(1):65-72. http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[65:APMIIC]2.0.CO;2
- Litaker, R.W., Steidinger, K.A., Mason, P.L., Lansberg, J.H., Shields, J.D., Reece, K.S., Haas, L.W., Vogelbein, W.K., Vandersea, M.W., Kibler, S.R., and P.A. Tester (2005) The reclassification of Pfiesteria shumwayae (Dinophyceae): Pseudopfiesteria, gen. nov. J. Phycol. 41(3):643-651. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.00075.x
- Zhang, Q., Allen, S.K., Jr. and K.S. Reece (2005) Genetic variation in wild and hatchery stocks of Suminoe oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) assessed by PCR-RFLP and microsatellite markers. Mar. Biotechnol. 7(6):588-599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-004-5105-7
- Brown, G.D., Kaattari, S.L. and K.S. Reece (2005) Effect of homogenate from different oyster species on Perkinsus marinus proliferation and subtilisin gene transcription. J. Shellfish Res. 24(4):1027-1033. https://doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1027:EOHFDO]2.0.CO;2
- Burreson, E.M., Dungan, C.F. and K.S. Reece (2005) Molecular, morphological, and experimental evidence support the synonymy of Perkinsus chesapeaki and Perkinsus andrewsi. J. Eukary. Micro. 52(3):258-270. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05-00035.x
- Hedgecock, D., Gaffney, P.M., Goulletquer, P., Guo, X., Reece, K. and G.W. Warr (2005) The case for sequencing the Pacific oyster genome. J. Shellfish Res. 24:429-441. https://doi.org/10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[429:TCFSTP]2.0.CO;2
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