Application of a new micro-culturing technique to assess the effects of temperature and salinity on specific growth rates of six Symbiodinium isolates

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-126

  Rogers, John E ^b   Davis, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DINOPHYCEAE; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 33748076457     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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