Nitrogen Utilization and Toxin Production by Two Diatoms of the Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima Complex: P. cuspidata and P. fryxelliana

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-169

  Auro, Maureen E ^a,b   Cochlan, William P ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Domoic acid; Kinetics; Nitrate; Nitrogen uptake; Pseudo nitzschia cuspidata; Pseudo nitzschia fryxelliana; Pseudo nitzschia pseudodelicatissima complex; Urea

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA CUSPIDATA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA PSEUDODELICATISSIMA;

EID: 84873707610     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12033     Document Type: Article

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