Variability in toxicity of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense in response to different nitrogen sources and concentrations

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 407-415

  Leong, Sandric Chee Yew ^a   Murata, Ai ^a   Nagashima, Yuji ^b   Taguchi, Satoru ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense; Growth rate; Nitrogen; Nutrient status; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NEUROTOXIN; NITRATE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; DINOFLAGELLATE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DINOFLAGELLIDA; JAPAN; MARINE TOXINS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SAXITOXIN; SEAWATER; UREA;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 1642544554     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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