Observations of Alexandrium tamarense (Dinophyceae) vegetative cells and oceanographic parameters in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Joyce, Linda B ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOXIC ORGANISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCAPA FLOW; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18244400284     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405011161h     Document Type: Article

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