Three new records of dinoflagellates in Singapore’s coastal waters, with observations on environmental conditions associated with microalgal growth in the Johor Straits

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-36

  Leong, Sandric Chee Yew ^a   Lim, Lay Peng ^a   Chew, Siew Moon ^a   Kok, Jerome Wai Kit ^a   Teo, Serena Lay Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Algal blooms; Fish kills; Karenia sp; Karlodinium spp; Singapore; Toxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944078326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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