Effects of different nitrate and phosphate concentrations on the growth and toxin production of an Alexandrium tamarense strain collected from Drake Passage

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 81, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-69

  Lee, Thomas Chun Hung ^a   Kwok, Oi Ting ^a   Ho, Kin Chung ^a   Lee, Fred Wang Fat ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alexandrium; Drake Passage; Growth; Nitrogen; Phosphate; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAL BLOOMS; BATCH CULTURE; BIOVOLUMES; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR TOXICITIES; COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; DRAKE PASSAGE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE DETECTION; GROWTH PHASIS; GROWTH PHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH STAGES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TOXICITY CHARACTERISTICS; TOXIN PRODUCTION; TRACE AMOUNTS;

BATCH CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHYSIOLOGY;

TOXICITY;

CARBAMIC ACID; GONYAUTOXIN; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHATE; TOXICITY;

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAL BLOOM; ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CELL DENSITY; CLONAL SPECIES; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; DINOFLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CELL SIZE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; MARINE TOXINS; NITRATES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHATES;

DRAKE PASSAGE;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE;

EID: 84867199367     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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