The toxic benthic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis ovata: Quantification of proliferation along the coastline of Genoa, Italy

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1209-1214

  Mangialajo, L ^a,e   Bertolotto, R ^b   Cattaneo Vietti, R ^a   Chiantore, M ^a   Grillo, C ^b   Lemee, R ^c,d   Melchiorre, N ^b   Moretto, P ^b   Povero, P ^a   Ruggieri, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente Ligure   (Italy)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^e Laboratoire Environnement Marin Littoral   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic HABs; Dinoflagellates; Environmental factors; Mediterranean Sea; Ostreopsis ovata

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGAE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COASTAL ZONES; SEAWATER;

BENTHIC HAB; DINOFLAGELLATES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OSTREOPSIS OVATA;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

SEA WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EPIPHYTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOXIC ORGANISM; URBAN AREA;

ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ITALY; MACROPHYTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; OSTREOPSIS OVATA; SEASHORE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GENOA; GENOVA; ITALY; LIGURIA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; OSTREOPSIS; OSTREOPSIS OVATA;

EID: 44649107882     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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