In situ growth rate and distribution of the ichthyotoxic dinoflagellate Gyrodinium corsicum Paulmier in an estuarine embayment (Alfacs Bay, NW Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1977-1991

  Garces E ^a   Delgado, M ^a   Maso M ^a   Camp, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(NORTHWEST); MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; GYRODINIUM; GYRODINIUM CORSICUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032704022     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.10.1977     Document Type: Article

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