The occurrence of the toxic diatom genus Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) on the West Coast of the USA, 1920-1996: A review

Phycologia

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 419-437

  Fryxell, Greta A ^a   Villac, M Célia ^b   Shapiro, Lynda P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITZSCHIA SERIATA; PSEUDONITZSCHIA;

EID: 0031398821     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-36-6-419.1     Document Type: Review

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