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Diversity and dynamics of a widespread bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Erdner Deana L, Richlen Mindy, McCauley Linda A R, Anderson Donald M
Abstract excerpt
Historically, cosmopolitan phytoplankton species were presumed to represent largely unstructured populations. However, the recent development of molecular tools to examine genetic diversity have revealed differences in phytoplankton taxa across geographic scales and provided insight into the physiology and ecology of blooms. Here we describe the genetic analysis of an extensive bloom of the toxic dinoflagellate...
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