Species of the toxic Pfiesteria complex, and the importance of functional type in data interpretation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2001, Pages 667-679

  Burkholder, JoAnn M ^a   Glasgow, Howard B ^a   Deamer Melia, Nora J ^a   Springer, J ^a   Parrow, Matthew W ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a   Cancellieri, Paul J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Complex life cycle; Culture; Dinoflagellates; Estuaries; Fish; Noninducible; Nutrients; Strains; Toxic Pfiesteria complex

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; TOXIN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HYPOTHESIS; LABORATORY; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA SHUMWAYAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; ALGA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOGENICITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION;

PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; PFIESTERIA SHUMWAYAE;

ALGAE; ANIMAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FISHES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TOXINS;

EID: 0035158168     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109s5667     Document Type: Article

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