Infection of ceratium furca by the parasitic dinoflagellate. The life cycle of ceratium furcoides levander langhans which features sexual reproduction is. L1 during the red tide at the end of the sw monsoon under conditions of low salinity, high din and dip. Feeding in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate ceratium furca is influenced by intracellular nutrient concentrations. Ceratium furca is a primarily photosynthetic dinoflagellate also capable of ingesting other. To document ceratium species found in the national park sistema arrecifal.
Feeding in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate ceratium furca is. Ceratium furca is a species of marine dinoflagellates. Some dinoflagellates of the genus ceratium from around new. Ceratium semipulchellum j0rgensen steemann nielsen fig. Ceratium furca has a fairly wide girdle, a very prominent fairly straight apical horn, it also has two unequally sized the left horn is longer than the right posterior horns with a thin bar which connects the two. However, the potentially harmful phytoplankton species contributed only about 1. Population fluctuations of pyrodinium bahamense and. Prorocentrum gracile, tripos fusus ceratium formerly fusus and tripos furca formerly ceratium furca are now also listed as bloomforming dinoflagellates in this region trainer et al. If you do not see its contents the file may be temporarily unavailable at the journal website or you do not have a pdf plugin installed and enabled in your browser. Pdf to better understand the mechanism underlying the bloom outbreaks of dinoflagellates, ceratium furca, and ceratium fusus in the. Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips. Coscinodiscus guinardia pleurosigma skeletonema ditylum eucampia nitzschia odontella rhizosolenia.
Ecological behavior of the dinoflagellate ceratium furca in jangmok. Ceratium furca is a primarily photosynthetic dinoflagellate also capable of ingesting other protists. Further examples of the dinoflagellate genus ceratium from. The cells are nearly flat, with the ventral side concave and the dorsal side being convex. Ceratium furca tolerates a wide range of salinities and temperatures montagnes 2006. A new method using fluorescent microspheres to determine. Ceratium furca gtm research reserve plankton guide.
Sexual reproduction and life cycle of ceratium furcoides springerlink. Anisogamic copulation occurs during the bloom period in julyaugust by incorporation of the male gamete by the female gamete, resulting in an overwintering planozygote. In contrast, ceratium furca figure 4b showed significantdifferences p furca in the sw monsoon or rainy season was about 1,000 times greater than that in the ne monsoon or dry period with values of 0. Ceratium fusus ceratium furca akashiwo sanguinea prorocentrum lima chaetoceros dinophysis caudata prorocentrum micans protoperidinium karenia brevis diatoms asterionella bacillaria. Ecology of the redtide dinoflagellate ceratium furca. Optimal conditions for this species, however, are salinities of 35 and temperatures of 20 34 c montagnes 2006. This species has a straight body which is 70200 m long and 3050 m wide, with the epitheca gradually tapering into an anterior horn. Population fluctuations of pyrodinium bahamense and ceratium furca dinophyceae in laguna grande, puerto rico, and environmental variables associated during a threeyear period miguel p. Population fluctuations of pyrodinium bahamense and ceratium furca dinophyceae in laguna grande, puerto rico, and environmental variables associated during a threeyear period. The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Sexual reproduction and life cycle of ceratium furcoides. Pdf the rhythmic migration pattern of the dinoflagellate ceratium furca is a result of ecological adaptation to avoid high irradiance.
Pdf ecological behavior of the dinoflagellate ceratium furca in. Pdf population fluctuations of pyrodinium bahamense and. It is yellow with a brown tint when unstained tomas et al. A new method using fluorescent microspheres to determine grazing on ciliates by the mixotrophic dinoflagellate ceratium furca. Some studies separate several varieties or forms e. Bloom of the two dinoflagellates ceratium furca and diplopsalis lenticula in a mangrove estuary of thailand. Effects of environmental conditions and nutrients on the.
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