The toxicity and intraspecific variability of alexandrium andersonii balech

Harmful Algae

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-38

  Sampedro, Nagore ^a   Franco, José M ^b,c   Zapata, Manuel ^b   Riobó, Pilar ^b,c   Garcés, Esther ^a   Penna, Antonella ^d   Caillaud, Amandine ^e   Diogène, Jorge ^e   Cacho, Emiliano ^f   Camp, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^e IRTA   (Spain)

^f INTECMAR Technological Institute for the Monitoring of the Marine Environment in Galicia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alexandrium andersonii; Cytotoxicity assay; Intraspecific variability; Mediterranean Sea; PSP; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84876346609     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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