Species-specific encystment patterns in three Baltic cold-water dinoflagellates: The role of multiple cues in resting cyst formation

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1125-1138

  Kremp, Anke ^a,d   Rengefors, Karin ^b   Montresor, Marina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; ENCYSTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ISOLATED POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; SCRIPPSIELLA HANGOEI; WOLOSZYNSKIA HALOPHILA;

EID: 67650821880     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.4.1125     Document Type: Article

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