Seasonality in the excystment of Alexandrium minutum and Alexandrium tamarense in Irish coastal waters

Harmful Algae

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 629-635

  Ní Rathaille, Aoife ^a   Raine, Robin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Excystment; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE;

EID: 80052967566     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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