Toxicity of the ichthyotoxic marine flagellate Pseudochattonella (Dictyochophyceae, Heterokonta) assessed by six bioassays

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Skjelbred, Birger ^a,b   Horsberg, Tor Einar ^c   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^b   Andersen, Tom ^a   Edvardsen, Bente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Cytotoxicity assays; Fish exposure; Ichthyotoxicity; Pseudochattonella

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ARTEMIA; DICTYOCHOPHYCEAE; FARCIMEN; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PSEUDOPEDINELLA; SKELETONEMA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 78650270236     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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