Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for cochlodinium fulvescens (dinophyceae), a harmful dinoflagellate from california coastal waters

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 384-393

  Howard, Meredith D A ^a,b   Jones, Adriane C ^b   Schnetzer, Astrid ^b   Countway, Peter D ^c   Tomas, Carmelo R ^d   Kudela, Raphael M ^e   Hayashi, Kendra ^e   Chia, Pamela ^b   Caron, David A ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Cochlodinium; Harmful algal blooms; Protist; QPCR

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; COCHLODINIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; HALIOTIDAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 84859423168     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01120.x     Document Type: Article

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