Cell morphology and PSP-toxin profiles of Alexandrium minutum in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-409

  MacKenzie, Lincoln ^a   Berkett, Natasha ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Dinoflagellates; Marlborough Sounds; New Zealand; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Toxins

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM LUSITANICUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0030727360     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516773     Document Type: Article

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