Effects of light and temperature on growth, nitrate uptake, and toxin production of two tropical dinoflagellates: Alexandrium tamiyavanichii and Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 786-799

  Lim, Po Teen ^a,b   Leaw, Chui Pin ^b   Usup, Gires ^c   Kobiyama, Atsushi ^b   Koike, Kazuhiko ^b   Ogata, Takehiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Alexandrium tamiyavanichii; Growth; Light; Temperature; Toxin production; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLONAL GROWTH; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; NITRATE; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXICITY; TROPICAL REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMIYAVANICHI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33746384925     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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