The marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii (Dinophyceae) as the causative organism of spirolide shellfish toxins

Phycologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-74

  Cembella, A D ^a   Lewis, N I ^a   Quilliam, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; DINOPHYCEAE; FRAGILIDIUM SUBGLOBOSUM; GONYAULAX SPINIFERA; PROTOCERATIUM RETICULATUM; SCRIPPSIELLA TROCHOIDEA;

EID: 0034010075     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-39-1-67.1     Document Type: Article

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