Effects of salinity, light and inorganic nitrogen on growth and toxigenicity of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense from northeastern Canada

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 939-955

  Parkhill, Jean Paul ^b   Cembella, Allan D ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA GROWTH; ALGAL CELL CULTURE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CANADA; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CLONE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESTUARY; FLUORESCENCE; GONYAUTOXIN; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIGHT; NEOSAXITOXIN; NITRATE; SALINITY; SAXITOXIN; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LIGHT EFFECT; SALINITY; TOXICITY;

CANADA; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE;

EID: 0032784096     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/21.5.939     Document Type: Article

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