Mixotrophy in the dineflagellate Prorocentrum minimum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Stoecker, Diane K ^a   Li, Aishao ^a   Coats, D Wayne ^b   Gustafson, Daniel E ^a   Nannen, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Cryptophytes; Dineflagellates; Mixotrophy; Prorocentrum

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; DINOFLAGELLATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; MIXOTROPHY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; USA;

CRYPTOPHYCEAE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; PRORCENTRUM MARIAE-LEBOURIAE; PROROCENTRUM; PROROCENTRUM MARIAE-LEBOURIAE; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 0030745050     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152001     Document Type: Article

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