Potentially harmful microalgae in coastal waters of the Algiers area (Southern Mediterranean Sea)

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-278

  Illoul, Hassina ^a   Masó, Mercedes ^b   Fortuño, José Manuel ^b   Cros, Lluïsa ^b   Morales Blake, Alejandro ^c   Séridji, Rabéa ^d  

^a University Campus of Dely Ibrahim   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algiers Harbour; Harmful algal blooms (HAB); Holococcolithophora sphaeroidea; Southern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA; DINOPHYCEAE; DINOPHYSIS SACCULUS; LEPIDODINIUM; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA CALLIANTHA;

EID: 51149097909     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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