Toxin-assisted micropredation: Experimental evidence shows that contact micropredation rather than exotoxicity is the role of Prymnesium toxins

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 126-132

  Remmel, Emily J ^a,b   Hambright, K David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b VERMONT LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Exotoxins; Filtration artefacts; Haptonema; Harmful algal blooms; Heterotrophy; Micropredation

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; MARINE TOXIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALLELOPATHY; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; FISH; FITNESS; HETEROTROPHY; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATION; TOXICOLOGY; TOXIN; ZOOPLANKTON;

ALGAL BLOOM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EXOTOXINS; FISHES; HAPTOPHYTA; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; MARINE TOXINS; TEXAS;

ALGAE; PRYMNESIUM; PRYMNESIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84855424377     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01718.x     Document Type: Article

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