Beth Okamura

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Endoparasitism in colonial hosts: patterns and processes
    Parasitology, vol. 134, no. 06, p. 841, 2007
  2. Buddenbrockia Is a Cnidarian Worm
    Science, vol. 317, no. 5834, pp. 116–118, 2007
  3. Ultrastructure of Buddenbrockia allmani n. sp. (Myxozoa, Malacosporea), a Parasite of Lophopus crystallinus (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata)
    The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 247–262, 2007
  4. Temperature-driven proliferation of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae in bryozoan hosts portends salmonid declines
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 70, pp. 227–236, 2006
  5. Diversity and systematics of the Malacosporea (Myxozoa)
    Invertebrate Biology, vol. 124, no. 4, pp. 285–295, 2005
  6. Microgemma vivaresi n. sp. (Microsporidia, Tetramicridae), Infecting Liver and Skeletal Muscle of Sea Scorpions, Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen 1786) (Osteichthyes, Cottidae), an Inshore, Littoral Fish
    The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 123–131, 2005
  7. The phylogeography of salmonid proliferative kidney disease in Europe and North America
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 271, no. 1549, pp. 1729–1736, 2004
  8. Influence of gut morphology on passive transport of freshwater bryozoans by waterfowl in Doñana (southwestern Spain)
    Canadian Journal of Zoology, vol. 82, no. 6, pp. 835–840, 2004
  9. Correction for genus (Microsporidia, Pseudonosematidae)
    European Journal of Protistology, vol. 40, no. 1, p. 69, 2004
  10. Plumatella geimermassardi, a newly recognized freshwater bryozoan from Britain, Ireland, and continental Europe (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata)
    Hydrobiologia, vol. 518, no. 1-3, pp. 1–7, 2004
  11. Malacosporean-like spores in urine of rainbow trout react with antibody and DNA probes to Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae
    Parasitology Research, vol. 92, no. 1, pp. 81–88, 2004
  12. Evaluation of malacosporean life cycles through transmission studies
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 60, pp. 109–121, 2004
  13. Infection of bryozoans by Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae at sites endemic for salmonid proliferative kidney disease
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 57, pp. 221–226, 2003
  14. Post-haemorrhagic anaemia in sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.), caused by blood feeding of Ceratothoa oestroides (Isopoda: Cymothoidae)
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 401–406, 2003
  15. Sex and outcrossing in a sessile freshwater invertebrate
    Freshwater Biology, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 301–305, 2003
  16. New diplokaryotic microsporidia (Phylum Microsporidia) from freshwater bryozoans (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata)
    European Journal of Protistology, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 247–265, 2002
  17. The distribution of Ceratothoa steindachneri (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic in Echiichthys vipera in the north-east Atlantic
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, vol. 82, no. 3, pp. 415–417, 2002
  18. Bryozoans as hosts for Tetracapsula bryosalmonae, the PKX organism
    Journal of Fish Diseases, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 469–475, 2002
  19. Ultrastructure of Buddenbrockia identifies it as a myxozoan and verifies the bilaterian origin of the Myxozoa
    Parasitology, vol. 124, no. 2, pp. 215–223, 2002
  20. The Monopolization Hypothesis and the dispersal–gene flow paradox in aquatic organisms
    Acta Oecologica, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 121–135, 2002
  21. Ecology, Development and Pathogenicity of Buddenbrockia plumatellae Schroder, 1910 (Myxozoa, Malacosporea) (syn. Tetracapsula bryozoides) and Establishment of Tetracapsuloides n. gen. for Tetracapsula bryosalmonae
    The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 280–295, 2002
  22. Cymothoid isopod parasites in aquaculture: a review and case study of a Turkish sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sea bream (Sparus auratus) farm
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 46, pp. 181–188, 2001
  23. Evidence that infectious stages of Tetracapsula bryosalmonae for rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss are present throughout the year
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 46, pp. 31–40, 2001
  24. Induction of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss via the bryozoan Fredericella sultana infected with Tetracapsula bryosalmonae
    Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 45, pp. 61–68, 2001
  25. Life history and environmental inference through retrospective morphometric analysis of bryozoans: a preliminary study
    Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 1127–1128, 2000
  26. Genetic consequences of the metapopulation biology of a facultatively sexual freshwater invertebrate
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 383–395, 2000
  27. Gene flow and genetic diversity: a comparison of freshwater bryozoan populations in Europe and North America
    Heredity, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 498–508, 2000
  28. A New Class and Order of Myxozoans to Accommodate Parasites of Bryozoans with Ultrastructural Observations on Tetracapsula bryosalmonae (PKX Organism)
    The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 456–468, 2000
  29. Intracolony variation in zooid size in cheilostome bryozoans as a new technique for investigating palaeoseasonality
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 162, no. 3-4, pp. 319–332, 2000
  30. Influence of seasonal variation in temperature, salinity and food availability on module size and colony growth of the estuarine bryozoan Conopeum seurati
    Marine Biology, vol. 135, no. 4, pp. 581–588, 1999
  31. Molecular data implicate bryozoans as hosts for PKX (Phylum Myxozoa) and identify a clade of bryozoan parasites within the Myxozoa
    Parasitology, vol. 119, no. 6, pp. 555–561, 1999
  32. Suspension Feeding Adaptations to Extreme Flow Environments in a Marine Bryozoan
    Biological Bulletin, vol. 196, no. 2, p. 205, 1999
  33. A Model of Particle Capture by Bryozoans in Turbulent Flow: Significance of Colony Form
    The American Naturalist, vol. 152, no. 6, pp. 861–880, 1998
  34. Hydrobiologia, vol. 390, no. 1/3, pp. 19–23, 1998
  35. Nature, vol. 392, no. 6674, pp. 346–347, 1998
  36. A New Microsporidium,Nosema cristatellaen. sp. in the BryozoanCristatella mucedo(Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata)
    Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 177–183, 1997
  37. Patterns of Suspension Feeding in the Freshwater Bryozoan Plumatella repens
    Biological Bulletin, vol. 184, no. 1, p. 52, 1993
  38. Particle size, flow velocity, and suspension-feeding by the erect bryozoansBugula neritina andB. stolonifera
    Marine Biology, vol. 105, no. 1, pp. 33–38, 1990
  39. Zooid size in cheilostome bryozoans as an indicator of relative palaeotemperature
    Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 66, no. 3-4, pp. 145–152, 1988
  40. The influence of neighbors on the feeding of an epifaunal bryozoan
    Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 105–123, 1988