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Phycotoxin Pathways in Aquatic Food Webs: Transfer, Accumulation and Degradation

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Ecology of Harmful Algae

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  1. NOAA/National Ocean Service, 219 Fort Johnson Rd., Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, USA

    G. Doucette

  2. Edificio de Ciencias Experimentais, Universidad de Vigo, 36310, Vigo, Spain

    I. Maneiro & I. Riveiro

  3. Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, 9037, Tromsø, Norway

    C. Svensen

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  1. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Kalmar, 391 82, Kalmar, Sweden

    Edna Granéli

  2. Biology Department and School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA, 02747, USA

    Jefferson T. Turner

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Doucette, G., Maneiro, I., Riveiro, I., Svensen, C. (2006). Phycotoxin Pathways in Aquatic Food Webs: Transfer, Accumulation and Degradation. In: Granéli, E., Turner, J.T. (eds) Ecology of Harmful Algae. Ecological Studies, vol 189. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-32210-8_22

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