Shake it easy: A gently mixed continuous culture system for dinoflagellates

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 889-894

  Van De Waal, Dedmer B ^a,b   Eberlein, Tim ^b   Bublitz, Yvette ^b   John, Uwe ^b   Rost, Björn ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Alexandrium; chemostat; continuous culture; nutrient limitation; Scrippsiella

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; CHEMOSTAT; DINOFLAGELLATE; MIXING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POPULATION DENSITY; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; TURBULENCE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84900494809     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: 14643774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt138     Document Type: Article

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