Beschreibung:
Dinoflagellates are common unicellular organisms found in all types of aquatic ecosystems and are important contributors to freshwater ecosystems as significant primary producers of biomass. Despite increasing interest in the biology of living and fossil dinoflagellates, there has been no compilation of dinoflagellate species found in North America since 1934, and no keys to species.
INTRODUCTIONFuture Research NeededWhat Is a Dinoflagellate?History of North American Freshwater Dinoflagellate ResearchDinoflagellate BiologyMethodsTaxonomyKEYS AND TAXA DESCRIPTIONSKey to All Genera 1: ClassicKey to All Genera 2: Starting with HabitatKey to All Genera 3: Common or Easy-to-Identify Freshwater Species.Athecate/Naked Taxa (Actiniscus, Amphidinium, Bernardinium, Cystodinedria, Cystodinium, Dinamoeba, Dinastridium, Dinococcus, Esoptrodinium, Gloeodinium, Gymnodinium, Gyrodinium, Haidadinium, Hypnodinium, Katodinium, Opisthoaulax, Piscinoodinium, Prosoaulax, Pseudoactiniscus, Rufusiella, Stylodinium, Tetradinium)