The significance of sexual versus asexual cyst formation in the life cycle of the noxious dinoflagellate Alexandrium peruvianum

Harmful Algae

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 653-663

  Figueroa, Rosa Isabel ^a   Bravo, Isabel ^b   Garcés, Esther ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexandrium peruvianum; Cysts; Life cycle; Nitrates; Phosphates; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM PERUVIANUM; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 45949109067     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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