Toxic mucus traps: A novel mechanism that mediates prey uptake in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax

Harmful Algae

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-53

  Blossom, Hannah E ^a   Daugbjerg, Niels ^b   Hansen, Per Juel ^a  

^a Marine Biological Section   (Denmark)

^b Department of Biology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax; Allelopathy; Capture compounds; Mixotrophy; Mucus; Toxic substances

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALEXANDRIUM OSTENFELDII; ALEXANDRIUM PSEUDOGONYAULAX; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA ROTUNDATA; PROTISTA; TELEAULAX ACUTA;

EID: 84860577117     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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