Disappointed with Apple's Lack of Response
As noted elsewhere here, and on ApertureExpert, there are issues with Nik's HDR Efex Pro 2 (and potentially some of their other plug-ins) causing graphics/image corruption with the finished image after being imported back into Aperture.
Nik says that it's an issue with Aperture not releasing memory properly (Nik plug-ins share the same memory with Aperture, but DON'T with Lightroom - i.e. under LR, Nik uses separate memory space), and Apple, at least to this point, hasn't responded to either support requests (I've submitted 3) or to the forum here.
At this point, Apple needs to step up to the plate and provide a fix post haste.