Population ecology of Noctiluca scintillans Macartney, a red-tide-forming dinoflagellate

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Murray, Shauna ^a   Suthers, Iain M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blooms; Cell condition; Heterotrophic dinoflagellate; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY;

(SOUTHEAST); AUSTRALIA;

DINOPHYCEAE; NOCTILUCA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS;

EID: 0032908477     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98052     Document Type: Article

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