Essays about: "puffer fish"

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1. 1. Pyrodinium cysts in manatee stomach contents : harmless tourists or Trojan horses?

   University essay from Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

   Author : Elaine Rindfuss; [2010]
   Keywords : Florida manatee; Pyrodinium bahamense; saxitoxin;

   Abstract : First described by Plate (1906), Pyrodinium bahamense is a bioluminescent dinoflagellate species which forms a resting cyst as part of its life cycle.  P. bahamense forms large dense cyst beds in the flocculent layer of sediments and can remain dormant for decades before excysting and forming blooms. READ MORE