Maria A. Faust, Rose A. Gulledge, The Smithsonian Institution
This Smithsonian Institution website features the publication "Identifying Harmful Marine Dinoflagellates", a fully illustrated identification guide for harmful dinoflagellate taxa. The website reviews general information on dinoflagellate morphology and other criteria used in species identification. Each taxon is presented with a species overview, and a taxonomic description of cell and thecal plate morphology, reproduction, life cycle, ecology, toxicity, species comparison, habitat and locality, and etymology. This is supplemented with a number of high-resolution light and scanning electron photomicrographs and line drawings. Taxonomic treatment of harmful dinoflagellate taxa includes nomenclatural types, type locality, and common synonyms. An extensive glossary of terms and relevant literature citations are also provided.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Biology:Microbiology, Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Biology:Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Microscopy, Biology:Microbiology:Microbiology and Health Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Research Results Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14) Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Ecology
