Why do dinoflagellates have lower growth rates?

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-84

  Tang, Evonne P Y ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chl a:C; Chrysophyta; growth rates; Pyrrophyta

Indexed keywords

CHL A:C; CHLOROPHYLL A; DINOFLAGELLATE; DINOFLAGELLATES; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; LOW RATES;

CHRYSOPHYTA; PYRROPHYTA;

EID: 0029668461     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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