Phenotypic variation and genotypic diversity in a planktonic population of the toxigenic marine dinoflagellate alexandrium tamarense (Dinophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-32

  Alpermann, Tilman J ^a,b   Tillmann, Urban ^b   Beszteri, Bánk ^b,c   Cembella, Allan D ^b   John, Uwe ^b  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Alexandrium tamarense; Allelopathy; Dinoflagellate population; Genotypic diversity; Microsatellites; Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins; Phenotypic variation

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; OXYRRHIS MARINA; RHODOMONAS SALINA;

EID: 75149143041     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2009.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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