Pfiesteria piscicida and other Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates: Behavior, impacts, and environmental controls

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5 II, 1997, Pages 1052-1075

  Burkholder, JoAnn M ^a   Glasgow Jr , Howard B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LIFE CYCLE;

ATLANTIC COAST; USA;

PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA;

EID: 2642638790     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1997.42.5_part_2.1052     Document Type: Article

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