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Dinoflagellates
What is the role of dinoflagellates in the red tide phenomenon?
Red tides are common events in warm and polluted coastal oceans. They form when dinoflagellate algae explode to huge population levels. Because the di...
What color pigment do dinoflagellates have?
Most photosynthetic species contain chlorophylls a and c2, the carotenoid beta-carotene, and a group of xanthophylls that appears to be unique to dino...
Is Dinoflagella a heterotroph of autotroph?
Dinoflagellates are protists which have been classified using both the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and the International Code ...
What are facts about where a dinoflagellate can be found?
Dinoflagellates are single-cell organisms that can be found in streams, rivers, and freshwater ponds. 90% of all dinoflagellates are found living in t...
How does dinoflagellate eat?
Approximately half of all species are heterotrophic, eating other plankton, and sometimes each other, by snaring or stinging their prey. Non-photosynt...
How dinoflagellate eat?
Approximately half of all species are heterotrophic, eating other plankton, and sometimes each other, by snaring or stinging their prey. Non-photosynt...
What pigment color do dinoflagelates have?
Most photosynthetic species contain chlorophylls a and c2, the carotenoid beta-carotene, and a group of xanthophylls that appears to be unique to dino...
Is it true that blooms of dinoflagellates can cause red tides?
What are red tides? At least three species of dinoflagellates and one diatom species are responsible for the toxic mess of red tides in the United Sta...
How does the dinoflagellate feed?
Approximately half of all species are heterotrophic, eating other plankton, and sometimes each other, by snaring or stinging their prey. Non-photosynt...