Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description of Alexandrium
Goniodomid dinoflagellate, rounded or angular body; cingulum median but displaced by one width on right ventral side; nucleus median and u-shaped; chloroplasts present; some species form chains; many species produce PSP toxins.
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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 12765 specimens in 20 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2422 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 500
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.232 - 14.664
Salinity (PPS): 24.378 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.600 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.071 - 1.268
Silicate (umol/l): 0.927 - 39.813
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 500
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.232 - 14.664
Salinity (PPS): 24.378 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.600 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.071 - 1.268
Silicate (umol/l): 0.927 - 39.813
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 2422 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 0 - 500
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.232 - 14.664
Salinity (PPS): 24.378 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.600 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.071 - 1.268
Silicate (umol/l): 0.927 - 39.813
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 0 - 500
Temperature range (°C): -2.058 - 27.590
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.232 - 14.664
Salinity (PPS): 24.378 - 39.081
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.600 - 9.192
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.071 - 1.268
Silicate (umol/l): 0.927 - 39.813
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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