Kenneth Mertens - NARA Discovery

Why toxin genes are not enough: regulatory and life-cycle controls shape dinoflagellate toxicityNARA Subscribed

Harmful Algae · 2026 · Elsevier

Yue Jiang; Na Wang; Bernd Krock; Kenneth Mertens; Zhun Li; Hyeon Ho Shin; Nihal G. Shams El-Din; Ophélie David; Iria Garcia Moreiras; Eduardo Pérez-Vega; Kirsty Smith; Haifeng Gu

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Fossil remains of ciliates (phylum Ciliophora): A recommendation for their treatment under the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plantsNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2026 · Vol. 204 · Elsevier

Martin J. Head; Kenneth N. Mertens; Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Ophélie David; Anne de Vernal; Iria García-Moreiras; Vincent Iratçabal; Audrey Limoges; Fabienne Marret; Pjotr Meyvisch; Aurélie Penaud; Vera Pospelova; Taoufik Radi; Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove; Vincy Y. Winifred

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Progress, challenges and future directions in marine organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst research: New insights from an international workshopNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2025 · Vol. 201 · Elsevier

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Morphological, molecular, toxicological, and ecological characterization of Lingulaulax djiboutiensis sp. nov. from the Gulf of Aden (Djibouti) and the Gulf of California (Mexico)NARA Subscribed

Harmful Algae · 2025 · Vol. 148 · Elsevier

Mahamoud Ali Chirdon; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Lourdes Morquecho; Gwenaël Bilien; Veronique Savar; Moussa Mahdi Ahmed; Philipp Hess; Nasri Hassan Ibrahim; Mohamed Osman Awaleh

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New dinoflagellate cyst species of the Areoligeraceae, Ceratiaceae, Gonyaulacaceae, and Peridiniaceae from the Santonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Nanaimo Group, British Columbia, CanadaNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2025 · Vol. 199 · Elsevier

Sandy M.S. McLachlan; Vera Pospelova; James W. Haggart; Kenneth N. Mertens

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Environmental history of northwestern Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada) during the Holocene: A high-resolution dinoflagellate cyst record from Kyuquot SoundNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2025 · Vol. 199 · Elsevier

Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Vera Pospelova; Kenneth N. Mertens; Zhen Li; Bjarn Van Riet; Audrey Dallimore; Stephen Louwye

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Netromorph acritarchs and related morphotypes in the middle Paleozoic: a proposal for classificationNARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2025 · Vol. 49 · Issue 3 · Taylor & Francis

Eiver Gelan Manzano; Claude Monnet; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Thomas Servais

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High-resolution DNA metabarcoding of modern surface sediments uncovers a diverse assemblage of dinoflagellate cysts in the Pacific and Arctic OceansNARA Subscribed

Marine Pollution Bulletin · 2025 · Vol. 215 · Elsevier

Junyue Wang; Qian Liu; Shuning Huang; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Vera Pospelova; Xin Shen; Haifeng Gu

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A 12,000-year dinoflagellate cyst record on the Vancouver Island margin, Canada: tracing past climatic, primary productivity and oceanographic conditionsNARA Subscribed

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology · 2025 · Vol. 667 · Elsevier

Zhen Li; Vera Pospelova; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Alice S. Chang; Yongsheng Wu

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Gonyaulax montresoriae sp. nov. (Dinophyceae) from the Adriatic Sea produces predominantly yessotoxinNARA Subscribed

Harmful Algae · 2025 · Vol. 141 · Elsevier

Shuning Huang; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Amélie Derrien; Ophélie David; Hyeon Ho Shin; Zhun Li; Xiuyun Cao; Marina Cabrini; Daniela Klisarova; Haifeng Gu

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New investigation of the cyst–motile relationship for Votadinium spinosum reveals a Protoperidinium claudicans species complex (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales)NARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2024 · Vol. 48 · Issue 3 · Taylor & Francis

Kenneth Neil Mertens; Pjotr Meyvisch; Pieter Gurdebeke; Vera Pospelova; Kazumi Matsuoka; Gwenael Bilien; Haifeng Gu; Aika Yamaguchi

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Sudden peak in tetrodotoxin in French oysters during the summer of 2021: Source investigation using microscopy, metabarcoding and droplet digital PCRNARA Subscribed

Toxicon · 2024 · Vol. 243 · Pergamon

Laura Biessy; John K. Pearman; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Damien Réveillon; Véronique Savar; Philipp Hess; Hannah Hampton; Lucy Thompson; Luc Lebrun; Aouregan Terre-Terrillon; Kirsty F. Smith

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Dual nomenclature in organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts I: concepts, methods and applicationsNARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2024 · Vol. 48 · Issue 2 · Taylor & Francis

Martin J. Head; Kenneth N. Mertens; Robert A. Fensome

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Dual nomenclature in organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts II: Spiniferites elongatus and S. membranaceus , and their equivalent non-fossil species Gonyaulax ovum comb. nov. and G. lewisiae sp. nov.NARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2024 · Vol. 48 · Issue 2 · Taylor & Francis

Martin J. Head; Kenneth N. Mertens; Robert A. Fensome

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Toxic dinoflagellate Centrodinium punctatum (Cleve) F.J.R. Taylor: An examination on the responses in growth and toxin contents to drastic changes of temperature and salinityNARA Subscribed

Harmful Algae · 2024 · Vol. 131 · Elsevier

Hyeon Ho Shin; Zhun Li; Damien Réveillon; Véronique Savar; Philipp Hess; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Joo Yeon Youn; Kyoungsoon Shin; Jihoon Lee; A-Young Shin; Eunjung Byun; Yeong Du Yoo; Moon Ho Son; Minji Lee; Min Ho Seo

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Evaluation of organic-walled dinoflagellate cyst distributions in coastal surface sediments of the China Seas in relation with hydrographic conditions for paleoceanographic reconstructionNARA Subscribed

Quaternary International · 2023 · Vol. 661 · Pergamon

Zhen Li; Vera Pospelova; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Lejun Liu; Yongsheng Wu; Chao Li; Haifeng Gu

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An unprecedented bloom of Lingulodinium polyedra on the French Atlantic coast during summer 2021NARA Subscribed

Harmful Algae · 2023 · Vol. 125 · Elsevier

Kenneth Neil Mertens; Michael Retho; Soazig Manach; Maria Laura Zoffoli; Anne Doner; Mathilde Schapira; Gwenael Bilien; Véronique Séchet; Thomas Lacour; Elise Robert; Audrey Duval; Aouregan Terre-Terrillon; Amélie Derrien; Pierre Gernez

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When phytoplankton do not bloom: the case of the dinoflagellate Lepidodinium chlorophorum in southern Brittany (France) assessed by environmental DNANARA Subscribed

Progress in Oceanography · 2023 · Vol. 212 · Pergamon

Pauline Roux; Mathilde Schapira; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Coralie André; Aouregan Terre-Terrillon; Anne Schmitt; Soazig Manach; Karine Collin; Joelle Serghine; Cyril Noel; Raffaele Siano

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Reply to: Comments on Mertens et al. (2022): the taxonomic identity of Micracanthodinium setiferum (Lohmann) Deflandre (Dinophyceae incertae sedis ) remains elusive, and its epitypification is not achievedNARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2023 · Vol. 47 · Issue 1 · Taylor & Francis

Kenneth Neil Mertens; M. Consuelo Carbonell-Moore

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Pentaplacodinium lapazense sp. nov. from Central and Southern Gulf of California, a new non-toxic gonyaulacalean resembling Protoceratium reticulatumNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2023 · Vol. 178 · Elsevier

Kenneth Neil Mertens; Lourdes Morquecho; Consuelo Carbonell-Moore; Pjotr Meyvisch; Haifeng Gu; Gwenael Bilien; Audrey Duval; Amélie Derrien; Vera Pospelova; Kasia K. Śliwińska; Ismael Gárate-Lizárraga; Beatriz Pérez-Cruz

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The ciliophoran affinity of Radiosperma textum, and its relation to other marine ciliate cystsNARA Subscribed

Marine Micropaleontology · 2023 · Vol. 178 · Elsevier

Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Lubomir Rajter; Pjotr Meyvisch; Eric Potvin; Eun Jin Yang; Coralie André; Vera Pospelova; Stephen Louwye

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A morphological comparison of two cladopyxidacean dinoflagellates: the extant Micracanthodinium setiferum and the fossil Cladopyxidium saeptum (Dinophyceae, Gonyaulacales)NARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2022 · Vol. 46 · Issue 1 · Taylor & Francis

Kenneth Neil Mertens; M. Consuelo Carbonell-Moore; Kristina Gardner

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Hiddenocysta matsuokae gen. et sp. nov. from the Holocene of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CanadaNARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2021 · Vol. 45 · Issue 1 · Taylor & Francis

Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Pjotr Meyvisch; Kara Bogus; Vera Pospelova; Stephen Louwye

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Taxonomic revision, phylogeny, and cyst wall composition of the dinoflagellate cyst genus Votadinium Reid (Dinophyceae, Peridiniales, Protoperidiniaceae)NARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2020 · Vol. 44 · Issue 2 · Taylor & Francis

Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Kenneth N. Mertens; Vera Pospelova; Kazumi Matsuoka; Zhen Li; Kristin E. Gribble; Haifeng Gu; Kara Bogus; Henk Vrielinck; Stephen Louwye

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Islandinium pacificum sp. nov., a new dinoflagellate cyst from the upper Quaternary of the northeast PacificNARA Subscribed

Palynology · 2020 · Vol. 44 · Issue 1 · Taylor & Francis

Pieter R. Gurdebeke; Kenneth Neil Mertens; Vera Pospelova; Nicolas Van Nieuwenhove; Stephen Louwye

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