Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist
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Alexandrium tamarense
From Black Sea Phytoplankton checklist
Classification
Chromista (Kingdom) > Myzozoa (Phylum) > Dinophyceae (Class) > Gonyaulacales (Order) > Gonyaulacaceae (Family) > Alexandrium (Genus)
WoRMS: 109714
Properties
Environment: marine
Harmful effect: Producer of paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins. In a few cases reported to cause fishkills.
(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=109714 on 2010-10-15)
Bioluminescence:Poupin, J.P., A.S. Cussatlegras & P. Geistdoerfer, 1999 (Atlantic Ocean); C.L.J. Marcinko et al., 2013
Remarks: Harmful effect was proved for the Black sea (Vershinin A. O., Orlova T. Yu., 2008)
First record for the Black Sea
The species was reported first time for the Black Sea :
year - 2001
reference - Vershinin A.O., Moruchkov A.A., Leighfield T. et al., 2005
Was found near cape of Big Utrish August 2001
Information found in: Vershinin A.O., Moruchkov A.A., Leighfield T. et al., 2005
Occurrence
| References | |
| Black Sea | Mikaelyan A.S. et al., 2008 |
| Bulgaria | S. Moncheva(IO-BAS), 2010 |
| Geogria | |
| Romania | |
| Russia | O.Yasakova, 2010 (Novorossiysk); Vershinin A.O., Moruchkov A.A., Leighfield T. et al., 2005; Yasakova O. N., 2013 (Novorossiysk bay) |
| Turkey | Gülnur Özdemyr, Orhan Ak, 2012 |
| Ukraine | Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006 (NW) |
Cell volume
| Minimum | Average | Maximum | Database | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1810 | 11220 | 25000 | Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea A.S.Mikaelyan, L.G.Senichkina, L.A.Pautova, L.V.Georgieva, V.Dyakonov |
| 2 | Bryantseva Yu., 2000. Changes in structural characteristic of phytoplankton in the Black Sea | |||
| 3 | Dereziuk, N., 2008. List of Phytoplankton Species Observed in the Water Area near the Zmiinyi Island in 2004-2007 | |||
| 4 | Bryantseva Yu., 2010. Sevastopol Bay phytoplankton monitoring database 2008 -2009 | |||
| 5 | Сеничкина Л.Г., 1983. Фитопланктон северо-западной части Черного моря в зимний период 1979. | |||
| 6 | Нестерова Д. А., 2003. Фитопланктон западной части Черного моря в летний период 1987. |
* (volumes are in cubic microns), values extracted from database
Volume and surface area calculation
| Shape | |
| Simple shape | prolate spheroid |
| K(flattening factor) | 1 |
| 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
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 49 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 |
| x | x | x 33 |
| 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 105 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 123 | 125 |
| x |
33 - as Alexandrium cf. tamarense;
Gülnur Özdemyr, Orhan Ak, 2012. Qualitative and quantitative changes of phytoplankton in the South East Black sea (Trabzon coasts). Yunus Arastýrma Bülteni(4): 13 - 25
Mikaelyan_A.S._et_al.,_2008. Cell volumes of phytoplankton of the Black Sea. Database.
S._Moncheva(IO-BAS),_2010. Species lists based on sampling identifications and literature. Personal list. Bulgarian waters.
Nesterova D.A., Terenko L.M., Terenko G.V., 2006. In: North-Western part of the Black Sea: biology and ecology, Naukova dumka, Kiev: 557-576.
Vershinin A.O., Moruchkov A.A., Leighfield T. et al., 2005. Potentially toxic algae in northeast Black sea coastal phytoplankton in 2000-2002. Oceanology, Vol. 45(2): 240-248.*
* - as Alexandrium cf. tamarense
O.Yasakova,_2010. Phytoplankton of the northern-eastern part of Black Sea 1995 - 2009. Personal list.
Yasakova_O._N.,_2013. The annual dynamics of the phytoplankton in the Novorossiysk bay in 2007 Marine ecological journal, Vol. 12(1): 92 - 102.
| List based on literature analysis | |
| List extracted from database | |
| List extracted from published paper, which is based on monitoring(scientific) research of scientist(s) and includes analysis of real collected data | |
| Personal list, based on monitoring(scientific research) of scientist (not published as article) | |
| Identification book |
Last revision on 20-05-2013
