A brief summary of the physiology and ecology of Karenia brevis Davis (G. Hansen and Moestrup comb. nov.) red tides on the West Florida Shelf and of hypotheses posed for their initiation, growth, maintenance, and termination

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 573-584

  Vargo, Gabriel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autecology; Bloom inception; Bloom maintenance; Bloom termination; Karenia brevis; Red tides; West Florida Shelf

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA BREVIS;

EID: 61549113815     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.11.002     Document Type: Review

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