The first description of the potentially toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium minutum in Hunts Bay, Kingston Harbour, Jamaica

Harmful Algae

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-47

  Ranston, Emma R ^a   Webber, Dale F ^a   Larsen, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; First description; Hunts Bay; Jamaica; Kingston Harbour

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33846027476     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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