Intraspecific facilitation by allelochemical mediated grazing protection within a toxigenic dinoflagellate population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1798, 2015, Pages

  John, Uwe ^a   Tillmann, Urban ^a   Hülskötter, Jennifer ^a   Alpermann, Tilman J ^b   Wohlrab, Sylke ^a   Van de Waal, Dedmer B ^c  

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

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alexandrium fundyense; Allele specific quantitative PCR; Associational resistance; Grazing protection; Harmful algal blooms; Phenotypic diversity

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALLELOCHEMICAL; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FACILITATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALGAL BLOOM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DINOFLAGELLIDA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM; METABOLISM; MICROALGAE; PHEROMONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALEXANDRIUM; ALEXANDRIUM FUNDYENSE; ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; POLYKRIKOS KOFOIDI;

EID: 84935885808     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1268     Document Type: Article

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