Widespread occurrence of viruses lytic to the bivalvekilling dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama along the western coast of Japan

Plankton Biology and Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Tomaru, Yuji ^a   Nagasaki, Keizo ^a  

^a JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal virus; Dinoflagellate; Harmful algal bloom; Heterocapsa circularisquama; Red tide

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; COEXISTENCE; DINOFLAGELLATE; RED TIDE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIRUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; DINOPHYCEAE; DNA VIRUSES; HETEROCAPSA CIRCULARISQUAMA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 1842730552     PISSN: 13430874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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