Vectorial transport of toxins from the dinoflagellate Gymnodinium breve through copepods to fish

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-61

  Tester, Patricia A ^c   Turner, Jefferson T ^a   Shea, Damian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD CHAIN; PLANKTON; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN TRANSPORT;

CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; TOXIN;

COPEPODA; GYMNODINIUM BREVE;

EID: 0033979135     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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