Morphology of Chrysochromulina leadbeateri (Prymnesiophyceae) from northern Norway

In 1991, a Chrysochromulina Lackey species identified as C. leadbeateri Estep et al. was the dominant species in a toxic algal bloom in Vestfjorden, northern Norway, that killed caged salmon. For the first time, living cells of this species could be studied and material sectioned for fine structural...

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Published inPhycologia (Oxford) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 292 - 299
Main Authors Eikrem, Wenche, Throndsen, Jahn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 01.07.1998
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Chrysochromulina leadbeateri
Marine
Prymnesiophyceae
ANE, Norway, Nordland, Vestfjorden
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Summary:In 1991, a Chrysochromulina Lackey species identified as C. leadbeateri Estep et al. was the dominant species in a toxic algal bloom in Vestfjorden, northern Norway, that killed caged salmon. For the first time, living cells of this species could be studied and material sectioned for fine structural investigations. The scale morphology and microanatomy of the species are described from cultured material obtained from the bloom and are compared with natural material from the same event, as well as with unpublished information from the Mediterranean and the Norwegian coasts, and with previously published information on scale morphology for specimens assigned to this species. Differences in scale morphology between specimens identified as C. leadbeateri are evident, but no subdivision of the species is proposed at present.
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ISSN:0031-8884
2330-2968
DOI:10.2216/i0031-8884-37-4-292.1