Toxic peculiarities of the marine alga Phaeocystis pouchetii detected by in vivo and in vitro bioassay methods

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 279-288

  Stabell, Ole B ^a,b   Aanesen, Randi T ^b   Eilertsen, Hans Chr ^b  

^a Centre of Veterinary Medicine   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Algae; Anaesthetics; Fly bioassay; Haemolysis; Phaeocystis pouchetii; Phycotoxins; Prymnesiophyceae

Indexed keywords

FISH VENOM; SEA WATER; TOXIN;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FISH; HEMOLYSIS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

CHRYSOCHROMULINA; GADUS MORHUA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII; PRYMNESIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0032955982     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00081-2     Document Type: Article

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