Reconstructing the history of an invasion: The toxic phytoplankton species Gymnodinium catenatum in the Northeast Atlantic

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 969-985

  Ribeiro, Sofia ^a,d   Amorim, Ana ^b   Andersen, Thorbjørn J ^a   Abrantes, Fátima ^c   Ellegaard, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ballast; Dinoflagellates; Gymnodinium catenatum; Harmful algal blooms; Microreticulate cysts; Phytoplankton

Indexed keywords

BALLAST WATER; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CYST; DIAMETER; DINOFLAGELLATE; MORPHOTYPE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RANGE EXPANSION; RECONSTRUCTION; SHELLFISH; TOXICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM CATENATUM; GYMNODINIUM MICRORETICULATUM; GYMNODINIUM NOLLERI;

EID: 84859847644     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0132-6     Document Type: Article

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