The effect of salinity on the growth, toxin production, and morphology of Nodularia spumigena isolated from the Gulf of Gdańsk, southern Baltic Sea

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-179

  Mazur Marzec, Hanna ^a   Żeglińska, Lidia ^b   Pliński, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Akinetes; Growth; Heterocytes; Nodularia spumigena; Nodularin; Salinity

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY; TOXIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF GDANSK; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA;

EID: 23644455093     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-005-5767-1     Document Type: Article

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