Morphological identification of two tropical dinoflagellates of the genera Gambierdiscus and Sinophysis in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 75-82

  Aligizaki, Katerina ^a   Nikolaidis, Georgios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic dinoflagellates; Ciguatera; Gambierdiscus; Mediterranean; Sinophysis canaliculata

Indexed keywords

AMPHIDINIUM; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CIGUATERA; COOLIA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; COSCINODISCUS; CYSTOSEIRA; DINOPHYCEAE; GAMBIERDISCUS; GAMBIERDISCUS TOXICUS; JANIA; LICMOPHORA; OSTREOPSIS; PADINA PAVONIA; PROROCENTRUM; SINOPHYSIS; SINOPHYSIS CANALICULATA; STRIATELLA;

EID: 46849087388     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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