Taxonomy of armored dinoflagellate Alexandrium halim based on morphology

Bulletin of the Plankton Society of Japan

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-43

  Yoshida, Makoto ^a   Fukuyo, Yasuwo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Dinoflagellate; Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP); Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041783163     PISSN: 03878961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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