Examination of the seasonal dynamics of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella at Redondo Beach, California, by quantitative PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 7669-7680

  Garneau, Marie Ève ^a   Schnetzer, Astrid ^a   Countway, Peter D ^a,b   Jones, Adriane C ^a   Seubert, Erica L ^a   Caron, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; CALIFORNIA; CELL ABUNDANCE; FOOD WEBS; MICROBIAL ASSEMBLAGE; NEUROTOXIC SPECIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXINS; PARENT COMPOUNDS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; REDONDO BEACH , CALIFORNIA; SEASONAL DYNAMICS; THRESHOLD ABUNDANCE; TOXIC DINOFLAGELLATE;

CELLS; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PROTOZOAL DNA; SAXITOXIN; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOASSAY; COAST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DINOFLAGELLATE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD WEB; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAXITOXIN; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83155163695     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06174-11     Document Type: Article

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