ECOHAB: Van Dolah_F- Karenia brevis Cell Cycle Analysis for Determination of In Situ Growth Rates (NCEI Accession 0000538)
The reported growth rates of Karenia brevis vary from 0.2 to 0.5 divisions per day, both in laboratory and field populations observed. This growth rate alone is not sufficiently high to account for its dominance in the water column. However, careful studies have not been carried out to determine if the documented slow …