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Degrees:
Master of Science degree: 1997
Subject area: Marine Botany
Title: The role of brown algal phlorotannins on copper accumulation in marine macroalgae and herbivores.
Supervisor: Henrik Pavia
PhD degree: 2002
Subject area: Marine Ecology
Titel: Inducible chemical responses and herbivore resistance in seaweeds.
Supervisor: Henrik Pavia
Papers (published or in press) in peer-reviewed international journals:
23. Toth GB, Lindeborg M (2008) Water-soluble compounds from the breadcrumb sponge, Halichondria
panicea, deter attachment of the barnacle, Balanus improvisus. Marine Ecology Progress Series in
press.
22. Pavia H, Toth GB (2007) Macroalgal models in testing and extending defense theories. In: Amsler CD
(ed) Algal Chemical Ecology. Springer Verlag, pp 147-172.
21. Olsson M, Svärdh L, Toth GB (2007) Feeding behaviour in Littorina littorea: the red seaweed
Osmundea ramosissima may not prevent trematode infection? Marine Ecology Progress Series
348:221-228.
20. Svensson CJ, Pavia H, Toth GB (2007) Do plant density, nutrient availability, and herbivore grazing
interact to affect phlorotannin plasticity in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum? Marine
Biology 151:2127-2181.
19. Toth GB (2007) Screening for induced resistance in Swedish intertidal seaweeds. Marine Biology
151:1597-1604.
18. Toth GB, Karlsson M, Pavia H (2007) Mesoherbivores reduce seaweed net growth and induce chemical
resistance in natural populations. Oecologia 152:245-255.
17. Toth GB, Pavia H (2007) Induced herbivore resistance in seaweeds: a meta-analysis. Journal of
Ecology 95:425-434.
16. Ianora A, Boersma M, Casotti R, Fontana A, Harder J, Hoffman F, Pavia H, Poulet SA, Toth GB
(2006) New trends in marine chemical ecology. Estuaries 29:531-551.
15. Selander E, Thor P, Toth GB, Pavia H (2006) Copepods induce paralytic shellfish toxin production in
marine dinoflagellates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences 273:16731680.
14. Toth GB, Pavia H (2006) Artificial wounding decreases plant biomass and shoot strength of the brown
seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). Marine Biology 148:1193-1199.
13. Toth GB, Langhamer O, Pavia H (2005) Inducible and constitutive defenses of valuable seaweed
tissues: consequences for herbivore fitness. Ecology 86:612-618.
12. Toth GB, Norén F, Selander E, Pavia H (2004) Marine dinoflagellates show induced life-history shifts
to escape parasite infection in response to water-borne signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London, Biological Sciences 271:733-738.
11. Pavia H, Toth GB, Lindgren A, Åberg P (2003) Intraspecific variation in the phlorotannin content of
the brown alga Ascophyllum nodosum. Phycologia 42:378-383.
10. Toth GB, Pavia H (2003) Fertilization and germination tolerance to copper in Ascophyllum nodosum
(Phaeophyceae). In: Chapman ARO, Anderson RJ, Vreeland VJ, Davison IR (eds) Proccedings of
the XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp 411-416.
9. Pavia H, Toth GB, Åberg P (2002) Optimal defense theory: elasticity analysis as a tool to predict
intraplant variation in defenses. Ecology 83:891-897.
8. Toth GB, Pavia H (2002) Intraplant habitat and feeding preference of two gastropod herbivores
inhabiting the kelp Laminaria hyperborea. Journal of the marine Biological Association of the
United Kingdom 82: 243-247.
7. Toth GB, Pavia H (2002) Lack of phlorotannin induction in the kelp Laminaria hyperborea in response
to grazing by two gastropod herbivores. Marine Biology 140:403-409.
6. Toth GB, Pavia H (2001) Removal of dissolved brown algal phlorotannins using insoluble
polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP). Journal of Chemical Ecology 27:1899-1910.
5. Pavia H, Toth GB (2000) Influence of light and nitrogen on the phlorotannin content of the brown
seaweeds Ascophyllum nodosum and Fucus vesiculosus. Hydrobiologia 440:299-305.
4. Toth GB, Pavia H (2000) Water-borne cues induce chemical defence in a marine alga (Ascophyllum
nodosum). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 97:14418-14420.
3. Pavia H, Toth GB (2000) Inducible chemical resistance to herbivory in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum
nodosum. Ecology 81:3212-3225.
2. Toth GB, Pavia H (2000) Lack of phlorotannin induction in the brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum in
response to increased copper concentrations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 192:119-126.
1. Pavia H, Toth G, Åberg P (1999) Trade-offs between plorotannin production and annual growth in the
brown seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum. Journal of Ecology 87:761-771.