Effects of light and temperature on growth, nitrate uptake, and Toxin production of two tropical dinoflagellates: alexandrium Tamiyavanichii and alexandrium minutum (dinophyceae)

• Main Authors: Po, T.L, Chui, P.L, Usup, G., Kobiyama, A., Koike, K., Ogata, T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2006
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3337/1/Po%20Teen.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3337/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00249.x/full
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

The two tropical estuarine dinoflagellates, Alexandrium tamiyavanichii Balech and A. minutum Halim, were used to determine the ecophysiological adaptations in relation to their temperate counterparts. These species are the two main causative organisms responsible for the incidence of paralytic shell...