Morphology and life stages of the potentially pinnatoxin-producing thecate dinoflagellate Vulcanodinium rugosum from the tropical Mexican Pacific

Botanica Marina

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 535-540

  Hernández Becerril, David U ^a   Rodríguez Palacio, Mónica C ^b   Lozano Ramírez, Cruz ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dinoflagellates; Mexican Pacific; New record; Phytoplankton; Vulcanodinium rugosum

Indexed keywords

CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84896287799     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bot-2013-0079     Document Type: Article

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