First report of fossilized cysts produced by the benthic Bysmatrum subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a shallow Mexican lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico
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- Audrey Limoges, Kenneth Mertens (UGent) , Ana-Carolina Ruíz-Fernández and Anne de Vernal
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- Cysts belonging to the benthic dinoflagellate Bysmatrum subsalsum were recovered from palynologically treated sediments collected in the Alvarado Lagoon (southwestern Gulf of Mexico). The cysts are proximate, reflecting the features of the parent thecal stage, and their autofluorescence implies a dinosporin composition similar to the cyst walls of phototrophic species. This finding is important for our understanding of B. subsalsum life cycle transitions and ecology. Encystment may play an important role in the bloom dynamics of this species as it can enable the formation of a sediment cyst bank that allows reinoculation of the water column when conditions become favorable. This is the first report of a fossilized cyst produced by a benthic dinoflagellate recovered from sub-recent sediments.
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- Alvarado Lagoon, resting cyst, NOV DINOPHYCEAE, dinosporin, palynology, red tide, DINOFLAGELLATE, SCRIPPSIELLA, MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5863507
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- Limoges, Audrey, et al. “First Report of Fossilized Cysts Produced by the Benthic Bysmatrum Subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a Shallow Mexican Lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico.” JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, vol. 51, no. 1, 2015, pp. 211–15, doi:10.1111/jpy.12257.
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- Limoges, A., Mertens, K., Ruíz-Fernández, A.-C., & de Vernal, A. (2015). First report of fossilized cysts produced by the benthic Bysmatrum subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a shallow Mexican lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, 51(1), 211–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12257
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- Limoges, Audrey, Kenneth Mertens, Ana-Carolina Ruíz-Fernández, and Anne de Vernal. 2015. “First Report of Fossilized Cysts Produced by the Benthic Bysmatrum Subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a Shallow Mexican Lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico.” JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 51 (1): 211–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12257.
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- Limoges, Audrey, Kenneth Mertens, Ana-Carolina Ruíz-Fernández, and Anne de Vernal. 2015. “First Report of Fossilized Cysts Produced by the Benthic Bysmatrum Subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a Shallow Mexican Lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico.” JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 51 (1): 211–215. doi:10.1111/jpy.12257.
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- 1.Limoges A, Mertens K, Ruíz-Fernández A-C, de Vernal A. First report of fossilized cysts produced by the benthic Bysmatrum subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a shallow Mexican lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY. 2015;51(1):211–5.
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- [1]A. Limoges, K. Mertens, A.-C. Ruíz-Fernández, and A. de Vernal, “First report of fossilized cysts produced by the benthic Bysmatrum subsalsum (Dinophyceae) from a shallow Mexican lagoon in the Gulf of Mexico,” JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 211–215, 2015.
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