Temporal and spatial variability in Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in Alabama coastal waters: A "hot spot" linked to submarine groundwater discharge?

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 706-714

  Liefer, Justin D ^a   MacIntyre, Hugh L ^a   Novoveská, Lucie ^a   Smith, William L ^b   Dorsey, Carol P ^b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge; Groundwater; Gulf of Mexico; Pseudo nitzschia; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; STYX;

EID: 67349213336     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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