The phycobilin signatures of chloroplasts from three dinoflagellate species: A microanalytical study of Dinophysis caudata, D. fortii, and D. acuminata (Dinophysiales, Dinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 945-951

  Hewes, Christopher D ^a   Greg Mitchell, B ^b   Moisan, Tiffany A ^b   Vernet, Maria ^b   Reid, Freda M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbance spectra; Cyclopore filter; Dinophysis; Endosymbiosis; Fluorescence spectra; Nucleus; Phycobilin; Toxic algae

Indexed keywords

DINOPHYSIS ACUMINATA; DINOPHYSIS CAUDATA; DINOPHYSIS FORTII;

EID: 0032430039     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340945.x     Document Type: Article

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