Carbon and nitrogen acquisition by the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense in response to different nitrogen sources and supply modes

Harmful Algae

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-58

  Leong, Sandric Chee Yew ^a,b   Maekawa, Mai ^a   Taguchi, Satoru ^a  

^a SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Carbon and nitrogen uptake ratio; Carbon uptake; Nitrate; Nitrogen assimilation; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 70449523449     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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