Interannual variability of shellfish toxicity in the Gulf of Maine: Time and space patterns and links to environmental variability

Harmful Algae

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 458-480

  Thomas, Andrew C ^a   Weatherbee, Ryan ^a   Xue, Huijie ^a   Liu, Guimei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Maine; Harmful algal blooms; Interannual variability; Shellfish toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77955053237     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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