Effects of inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus on the growth and toxicity of two Alexandrium species from Hong Kong

Harmful Algae

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 89-97

  Xu, Jie ^a   Ho, Alvin Y T ^a   He, Lei ^b   Yin, Kedong ^b,c   Hung, Craig ^d   Choi, Nicola ^d   Lam, Paul K S ^d   Wu, Rudolf S S ^d   Anderson, Donald M ^e   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Cell volume; Gonyautoxins; Nutrients; Paralytic shellfish toxins; Toxic dinoflagellates; Urea

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLA; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 84862779619     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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