Alexandrium monilatum

From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist

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Alexandrium monilatum (Howell, 1953) Balech, 1985

= Gessnerium mochimaensis Halim, 1967 ex Halim, 1969; Gonyaulax monilata Howell, 1953; Pyrodinium monilatum (Howell) Taylor, 1976 (mentioned for the Black Sea)

Classification

Protozoa (Kingdom) > Dinoflagellata (Phylum) > Dinophyceae (Class) > Gonyaulacales (Order) > Gonyaulacaceae (Family) > Alexandrium (Genus)

WoRMS: 231875

Properties

Environment: marine
Harmful effect: Produces fish mortality-causing and haemolytic compounds
(Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2010) IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae at http://www.marinespecies.org/hab/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=231875 on 2010-10-15)
Bioluminescence:Sweeny, 1963 (Pacific Ocean, as Gonyaulax monilata);
Black Sea blooming species (Moncheva S. et. al., 2001; Velikova V., Moncheva S., Petrova D., 1999;)

Occurrence

	References
Black Sea	Gomez F. & Boicenko L., 2004
Bulgaria	S. Moncheva(IO-BAS), 2010; Konsulov A., 1998; Velikova V., Moncheva S., Petrova D., 1999; Moncheva S. et. al., 2001;
Geogria
Romania
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine

Data from literature

	Place	Day	Month	Year	Season	Type	Abundance 10⁶cells·l^-1	Biomass g·m^-3	Depth	Conditions	with	Reference
	Varna Bay			1991	autumn	max	1.7					Velikova V., Moncheva S., Petrova D., 1999

T(°C) ,S(‰), N-NO2(mg l^-1), N-N03(mg l^-1), P-PO4(mg l^-1), Total Fe(mg l^-1), Chl-a (mg l^-1)

Volume and surface area calculation

	Shape
Simple shape
K(flattening factor)
More accurate shape	-

Hillebrand et al., 1999 - ellipsoid (Hillebrand, H., Dürselen, C. D., Kirschtel, D., Pollingher, D. and Zohary, T. (1999) Biovolume calculation for pelagic and benthic microalgae. J. Phycol., 35, 403–424)

Appearance in checklists

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6 - as Gessnerium mochimaensis;

References

Gomez_F.,_Boicenko_L.,2004. An annotated checklist of dinoflagellates in the Black Sea. Hidrobiologia, Vol. 517: 43-59.

Konsulov A., 1998. Black Sea Biological Diversity, Bulgaria. Black Sea Environmental Series, Vol. 5, United Nations Publication, New York, 131 pp.^*
* - as Gessnerium mochimaensis

Moncheva S. et al., 2001. On the long-term response of harmful algal blooms to the evolution of eutrophication off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast: Are the recent changes a sign of recovery of the ecosystem - The uncertainties. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Harmful Algal Blooms, 7-l1 February 2000, Hobart, Australia, 177-181.

Velikova V., Moncheva S., Petrova D., 1999. Phytoplankton dynamics and red tides (1987 – 1997) in the Bulgarian Black Sea. Water Science and Technology, Vol. 39(8): 27-36.

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