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Bookmark or Share- Marine Biology - Encyclopedia.comA simple, but powerful example of this is the red tide, which is usually caused by a particular type of phytoplankton called a dinoflagellate. Under certain environmental conditions, these dinoflagellates grow extremely quickly, blooming in bays and near shore regions of the ocean.
- Evolution Of Plants - Encyclopedia.comMany are unicellular, including most euglenoids (phylum Euglenophyta) and dinoflagellates (Dinophyta), and some diatoms (Bacillariophyta) and green algae (Chlorophyta). These, along with the cyanobacteria (often misleadingly called blue- green algae ), form the phytoplankton of aquatic ecosystems .
- Pyrrophyta - Encyclopedia.comPyrrophyta have been identified in fossil deposits around the globe, from arctic to tropical seas, as well as in hypersaline waters, freshwater, and river deltas. Pyrrophyta are mostly unicellular microorganic Protists divided by botanists in two phyla, dinoflagellates and criptomonads.
- Contamination - Encyclopedia.comOne last example concerns some very toxic biochemicals that are synthesized by wild organisms, and are therefore naturally occurring substances. Saxitoxin, for example, is a biochemical produced by a few species of marine dinoflagellates, a group of unicellular algae. Saxitoxin is an extremely potent toxin of the vertebrate nervous system. When ...
- Algae - Encyclopedia.comDinoflagellates. Dinoflagellates are unicellular algae with armor made of cellulose and flagella that cause them to spin as they swim. Dinoflagellates are found in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. Some species of dinoflagellates emit an eerie blue light when disturbed, called bioluminescence. Other dinoflagellates are toxic and ...
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