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dinocysts_Naples

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Description

The dataset includes a list of dinoflagellate cysts recorded in the Gulf of Naples (Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean Sea). more

The research program, funded by the Stazione Zoologica ‘A. Dohrn’ of Naples, Italy was aimed at assessing dinoflagellate cyst distribution in the Gulf of Naples and cysts fluxes at the long-term monitoring station MareChiara (2 year-long study with sediment traps).

Scope

Themes:

Biology > Plankton > Phytoplankton

Keywords:

Italy · Dinoflagellata

Geographical coverage

Italy Stations [Marine Regions]

Gulf of Naples

Temporal coverage

25 July 1990 - September 1996

Taxonomic coverage

Dinoflagellata [WoRMS]

Parameters

Count Methodology
Presence of biota

Count: Sediment traps
Count: Sediment traps

Contributors

Montresor, Marina, data creator, data owner

Publication

Based on this dataset

Montresor, M. et al. (2003). Intraspecific diversity in Scrippsiella trochoidea (Dinophyceae): evidence for cryptic species. Phycologia 42(1): 56-70. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-42-1-56.1, more

Ciminiello, P. et al. (2000). Saxitoxin and neosaxitoxin as toxic principles of Alexandrium andersoni (Dinophyceae) from the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Toxicon 38: 1871-1877. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00099-4

D'onofrio, G.; Marino, D.; Bianco, L.; Busico, E.; Montresor, M. (1999). Toward an assessment on the taxonomy of dinoflagellate that produce calcareous cysts (Calciodinelloideae, Dinophyceae): a morphological and molecular approach. J. Phycol. 35: 1063-1078

Montresor, M.; Zingone, A.; Marino, D. (1998). Dinoflagellate cyst production at a coastal Mediterranean site. J. Plankton Res. 20: 2291-2312, more

Montresor, M. (1995). Scrippsiella ramonii sp. nov. (Peridiniales, Dinophyceae), a marine dinoflagellate producing a calcareous resting cyst. Phycologia 34: 87-91. https://dx.doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-34-1-87.1

Montresor, M.; Zingone, A.; Sarno, D. (1993). The calcareous resting cyst of Pentapharsodinium tyrrhenicum comb. nov. (Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 29: 223-230. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1993.00223.x

Dataset status: Completed

Data type: Data

Data origin: Monitoring: field survey

Metadatarecord created: 2004-07-05

Information last updated: 2004-08-13

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