Studies on dinoflagellate cyst assemblages in two estuarine Mediterranean bays: A useful tool for the discovery and mapping of harmful algal species

Harmful Algae

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-79

  Satta, Cecilia T ^a   Anglès, Sílvia ^b,c   Lugliè, Antonella ^a   Guillén, Jorge ^b   Sechi, Nicola ^a   Camp, Jordi ^b   Garcés, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alexandrium species; Biodiversity; Dinoflagellates; Estuaries; HABs; Mediterranean Sea; Resting cysts

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM INSUETUM; ALEXANDRIUM MINUTUM; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; GYMNODINIUM; KRYPTOPERIDINIUM FOLIACEUM; PENTAPHARSODINIUM TYRRHENICUM; SCRIPPSIELLA TROCHOIDEA;

EID: 84874998890     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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