Reproductive plasticity and local adaptation in the host-parasite system formed by the toxic Alexandrium minutum and the dinoflagellate parasite Parvilucifera sinerae

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-63

  Figueroa, Rosa Isabel ^a   Garcés, Esther ^a   Camp, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexandrium minutum; Cyst formation; Dinoflagellates; Local adaptation; Parvilucifera; Plastic response; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; DINOPHYCEAE; PARVILUCIFERA; PERKINSEA;

EID: 77957345656     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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