Environmentally-related seasonal variation in symbiotic associations of heterotrophic dinoflagellates with cyanobacteria in the western Bay of Bengal

Symbiosis

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-58

  Jyothibabu, R ^a   Madhu, N V ^a   Maheswaran, P A ^b   Asha Devi, C R ^a   Balasubramanian, T ^a   Nair, K K C ^a   Achuthankutty, C T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b NAVAL PHYSICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Cyanobacteria; Heterotrophic dinoflagellates; Indian Ocean; Nitrogen limitation; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMBIOSIS;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 33846403700     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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