Chemoreception in a marine cryptophyte: Behavioral plasticity in response to amino acids and nitrate

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1571-1574

  Lee, Eunjung S ^a   Lewitus, Alan J ^b   Zimmer, Richard K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMORECEPTION; NITRATE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOMONAS; CHROOMONAS SP.; CRYPTOPHYTA;

EID: 0032815859     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1999.44.6.1571     Document Type: Article

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