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| Golden-brown algae (chrysophyceae) |
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Definition
size: .02-10 um
naked, flagellated cells
most mixtrophic
grazers of bacteria and cyanobacteria |
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Term
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Definition
| unknown; Golden-brown algae |
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Definition
Uroglena; Golden-brown algae
size: 60um |
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Definition
Dinobryon; Golden-brown algae
size: 30um |
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Term
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Definition
size: 10-250um
not very abundant
2 flagella
most abundant in cold water
body wraps around siliceous framework |
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Term
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Definition
| Dictyota; Silicoflagellates |
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Term
| Chrysophyta; Coccolithophores |
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Definition
CaCo3 instead of silica
coccoliths cover surface
size: 2-20um
giant blooms in Sargasso Sea |
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Term
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Definition
| Emiliania huxleyi; Coccolithophores; Chrysophyta |
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Term
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Definition
| Gephyrocapsa oceanica; Coccolithophores; Chrysophyta |
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Definition
| Coronosphaera mediterranea ; Coccolithophores; Chrysophyta |
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Definition
Phaeocystis; Prymnesiophyceae; Chrysophyta
**Blooms on beaches, DMS** |
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Term
| Chrysophyta; Prymnesiophyceae |
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Definition
unicellular
motile
lack coccoliths |
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Term
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Definition
unicellular/ chains
non-motile
pennate/centric
size: 15-1000um
2-valved extracellular skeleton made of silica
bloom former |
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Term
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Definition
| Chaetoceros sp.; Diatoms; Chrysophyta |
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Term
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Definition
| Thalassosira sp.; Diatoms; Chrysophyta |
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Term
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Definition
| Coscinodiscus sp.; Diatoms; Chrysophyta |
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Term
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Definition
| skeletonema sp.; Diatoms; Chrysophyta |
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Term
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Definition
prorocentrum; Desmophyceae; Dinoflagellates; Dinophyta
**2 anterior flagella** |
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Definition
Ceratium; Dinophyceae; Dinoflagellate; Dinophyta
Size: 50um |
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Definition
| Gonyaulax; Dinophyceae; Dinoflagellate; Dinophyta |
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Definition
Dinophysis; Dinophyceae; Dinoflagellates; Dinophyta
Size: 20 um |
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Definition
Gymnodinium; Dinophyceae; Dinoflagellates; Dinophyta
**lacks theca** |
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Definition
Protoperidinium; Dinoflagellates; Dinophyta
size: 10um |
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Definition
unicellular
2 flagella
asexual division
diel vertical migration
not the most abundant phytoplankton in nutrient poor seas |
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