Environmental modulation of karlotoxin levels in strains of the cosmopolitan dinoflagellate, karlodinium veneficum (dinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-192

  Adolf, Jason E ^a,b   Bachvaroff, Tsvetan R ^b   Place, Allen R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Harmful algal blooms (HABs); Karlodinium veneficum; Karlotoxin; Nutrient control

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; KARLODINIUM;

EID: 60349088197     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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