Morphological variation of two Alexandrium species responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning in Southeast Asia

Botanica Marina

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Lim, Po Teen ^a,b   Leaw, Chui Pin ^a   Ogata, Takehiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Alexandrium tamiyavanichii; Morphology; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; TOXICITY;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMIYAVANICHI; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 34147125955     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2007.003     Document Type: Article

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