The dinoflagellate genus Alexandrium (Halim) in New Zealand coastal waters: Comparative morphology, toxicity and molecular genetics

Harmful Algae

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-92

  MacKenzie, Lincoln ^a   De Salas, Miguel ^b   Adamson, Janet ^a   Beuzenberg, Veronica ^a  

^a CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Dinoflagellates; Molecular genetics; Morphology; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM CONCAVUM; ALEXANDRIUM FRATERCULUS; ALEXANDRIUM MARGALEFI; ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII; ALEXANDRIUM PSEUDOGONIAULAX; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; CATENELLA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1642488347     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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