Relationship between vegetative cells and cyst production during Alexandrium minutum bloom in Arenys de Mar harbour (NW Mediterranean)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 637-645

  Garcés, Esther ^a   Bravo, Isabel ^b   Vila, Magda ^a   Figueroa, Rosa Isabel ^b   Masó, Mercedes ^a   Sampedro, Nagore ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENCYSTMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ARENYS DE MAR; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 2942724505     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbh065     Document Type: Article

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