Alexandrium catenella and Alexandrium minutum blooms in the Mediterranean Sea: Toward the identification of ecological niches

Harmful Algae

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 515-522

  Bravo, Isabel ^a   Vila, Magda ^b   Masó, Mercedes ^b   Figueroa, Rosa Isabel ^a   Ramilo, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexandrium catenella; Alexandrium minutum; Dinoflagellate blooms; Dinoflagellate cysts; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 43049119237     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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