PPT-Dinoflagellates Dinoflagellates -

Kingdom Protista Belong to the division Dinophyta Phylum dinoflagellata Are part of phytoplankton Of the 12000 species most are marine and photosynthetic but a few ingest bits of food heterotrophic. Interannual. Variability in . Phytoplankton Biomass . and Diversity . on . the New England . Shelf. Heidi M. . Sosik. . Hui. . Feng. In Situ Time Series for Validation and . Exploration . of . Remote Sensing Algorithms. Chapter 11. Emergence of Eukaryotes . First evidence of life dates to 3.5 billion years ago.. First cells were bacteria-like.. Emergence of Eukaryotes . Origin of complex eukaryote cells. Most likely symbiosis among prokaryotic cells.. 2013. The Algae: Plantlike Protists. The Algae: Plantlike Protists. http://university.uog.edu/botany/474/fw/pandorina.htm. Algae are . autotrophs. .. Algae may be . unicellular. or . multicellular. .. Plankton . Plankton:. . the mass of mostly microscopic organisms that float or drift freely in the waters of aquatic (freshwater and marine) . environments. (Algae, phytoplankton, zooplankton, jellyfish).. The wanderers, . drifting on the surface . of the sea….. Main Types of Plankton. Phytoplankton or zooplankton. Diatoms. Dinoflagellates. Coccolithophores. Cyanobacteria. larvae. Microbial Plankton Ecology. Bioluminescence. Bioluminescence . is the ability of living things to emit light. . It is found . in:. Many . marine animals, both invertebrate (e.g., some cnidarians, crustaceans, squid) and vertebrate (some fishes. Emergence of Eukaryotes . First evidence of life dates to 3.5 billion years ago.. First cells were bacteria-like.. Emergence of Eukaryotes . Origin of complex eukaryote cells. Most likely symbiosis among prokaryotic cells.. Zooplankton. Review food webs. Motivation for studying plankton. How plankton are collected. Review: What is plankton?. Plankton comes from the Greek word . Planktos. that translates to “wanderer” or “drifter”. The principal Characteristics . of the . Cryptophyta. 1- Relatively . each small cell . is around . 10-50. μ. m. . in size and flattened in shape, Typically phytoplankton with an . anterior groove or pocket. of the . Cryptophyta. 1- Relatively . each small cell . is around . 10–50 . μm. in size and flattened in shape, Typically phytoplankton with an . anterior groove . or pocket. At the edge of the pocket there are typically two slightly .