On the allelochemical potency of the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium ostenfeldii against heterotrophic and autotrophic protists

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 527-543

  Tillmann, Urban ^a   John, Uwe ^a   Cembella, Allan ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; AUTOTROPHY; DINOFLAGELLATE; HETEROTROPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII; AMPHIDINIUM CRASSUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OXYRRHIS MARINA; PROTISTA; PRYMNESIUM PARVUM; RHODOMONAS SP.; RIMOSTROMBIDIUM CAUDATUM; SCRIPPSIELLA TROCHOIDEA; STROMBIDIUM SP.; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 34548441288     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm034     Document Type: Article

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