Toxicity and nutritional inadequacy of Karenia brevis: Synergistic mechanisms disrupt top-down grazer control

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 444, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-30

  Waggett, Rebecca J ^a,b   Hardison, D Ransom ^a   Tester, Patricia A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brevetoxin; Chemical deterrent; Copepod grazing; Harmful algae; Karenia brevis; Toxic dinoflagellate

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; DINOFLAGELLATE; EGG PRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; INGESTION RATE; MORTALITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PROTIST; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SYNERGISM; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TOXIC ORGANISM; TOXICITY TEST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; COPEPODA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA BREVIS; RHODOMONAS SALINA;

EID: 84855709290     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09401     Document Type: Article

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