Phycotoxin composition and distribution in plankton fractions from the German Bight and western Danish coast

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1093-1108

  Krock, Bernd ^a   Tillmann, Urban ^a   Alpermann, Tilman J ^b,c   Voß, Daniela ^d,e   Zielinski, Oliver ^d,e   Cembella, Allan D ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexandrium ostenfeldii; Azadinium spinosum; azaspiracids; CDOM; LC MS MS; North Sea; phycotoxins; plankton; shellfish toxin; spirolides

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; COAST; COASTAL CURRENT; DINOFLAGELLATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DOMINANCE; HOMOGENEITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANKTON; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; GERMAN BIGHT; JUTLAND; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 84883466939     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt054     Document Type: Article

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