Dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense blooms and shellfish toxicity in the Nauset Marsh System of Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA)

Harmful Algae

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages 26-38

  Crespo, Bibiana G ^a   Keafer, Bruce A ^a   Ralston, David K ^a   Lind, Henry ^b   Farber, Dawson ^c   Anderson, Donald M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Town of Eastham Natural Resources Department   (United States)

^c Town of Orleans Shellfish and Harbormaster Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium fundyense; Bloom dynamics; Dinoflagellate cysts; Nauset Marsh System; Paralytic shellfish poisoning; Retention mechanism

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 81455131597     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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