Green Noctiluca scintillans: A dinoflagellate with its own greenhouse

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 275, Issue , 2004, Pages 79-87

  Hansen, Per J ^a   Miranda, Lilibeth ^b,c   Azanza, Rhodora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Food uptake; Green Noctiluca scintillans; Photosynthesis; Pyrodinium bahamense

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; PHAGOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE VAR. COMPRESSUM; VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 4043133719     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps275079     Document Type: Article

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