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Ecology of Harmful Algae

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  1. Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, North Carolina State University, 620 Hutton Street, Suite 104, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27606, USA

    J. M. Burkholder

  2. Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 1101, Philippines

    R. V. Azanza

  3. Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Y. Sako

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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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Burkholder, J.M., Azanza, R.V., Sako, Y. (2006). The Ecology of Harmful Dinoflagellates. 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_5

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