Allelopathy in Alexandrium spp.: Effect on a natural plankton community and on algal monocultures

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Fistarol, Giovana O ^a   Legrand, Catherine ^a   Selander, Erik ^b   Hummert, Christian ^c   Stolte, Willem ^a   Granéli, Edna ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Chemical and Biological Analyses   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Algal monocultures; Allelopathy; Cysts; Natural community; Paralytic shellfish poison; PSP method; PSP toxins

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; RHODOMONAS; RHODOMONAS SP.; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA WEISSFLOGII;

EID: 3543064644     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame035045     Document Type: Article

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