Effects of the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense on three species of larval fish: A food-chain approach

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-188

  Samson, J C ^a,c   Shumway, S E ^b   Weis, J S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Clean Ocean Action   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium fundyense; Cyprinodon variegatus; Fundulus heteroclitus; Harmful algal bloom; Pseudopleuronectes americanus; Saxitoxin

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALGAE; COPEPODA; COULLANA CANADENSIS; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; DINOPHYCEAE; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PISCES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 38549130178     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01698.x     Document Type: Article

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