Immunofluorescent detection of a PSP-producing dinoflagellate, Alexandrium minutum, from Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-543

  Chang, F H ^a   Garthwaite, I ^b   Anderson, D M ^c   Towers, N ^b   Stewart, R ^a   MacKenzie, L ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Antibody; Bay of Plenty; Immunofluorescence staining; Toxic dinoflagellate

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM;

EID: 0033389872     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516898     Document Type: Article

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