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Pyrrophyta - a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds

kingdom Monera, kingdom Prokaryotae, Monera, Prokayotae - prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions

phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes

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Some phytoplankton such as phylum Diatom, phylum Pyrrophyta, and phylum Chrysophyta can be harvested as bait for aquaculture, and some zooplankton such as jellyfish, krill, and Acetes can be harvested for human food.

Dynamical Behaviour of a Nutrient-Plankton Model with Holling Type IV, Delay, and Harvesting

Dinoflagelados (Pyrrophyta) del Archipielago Los Roques (Venezuela): F ami lias Prorocentraceae y Ostreopsidaceae.

Caracterizacion morfologica y molecular del dinoflagelado toxico Ostreopsis cf. ovata (Gonyaulacales: Dinophyceae) en Brasil (Oceano Atlantico Sur)

Cyan: Cyanophyta, Chlo: Chlorophyta, Baci: Bacillariophyta, Eugl: Euglenophyta, Cryp: Cryptophyta, Pyrr: Pyrrophyta, Chry: Chrysophyta, Xant: Xanthophyta.

Responses of Zooplankton Community to Environmental Factors and Phytoplankton Biomass in Lake Nansihu, China

Any of numerous groups of chlorophyll containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single celled forms to multi-cellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of Non- reproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classifiedinto the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.

ALGAE TYPES, CLASSIFICATION AND ITS HARMFUL and USEFUL IMPACTS

[31.] Nwankwo DI (1997) A first list of dinoflagellates (Pyrrophyta) from Nigerian coastal waters (creeks, estuaries, lagoons) Pol.

Survey on phytoplankton biomass and water parameters in the habitats of invasive tigers shrimps (Penaeus Monodon) in Nigeria

These amounts may vary according to the fertilization regime and environmental conditions (temperature and salinity), which can favor undesirable blooms of Pyrrophyta and Cyanobacteria (Campos et al, 2007).

Efecto de la adicion de Navicula sp. sobre la composicion del plancton y el crecimiento de postlarvas de Litopenaeus vannamei criadas en estanques de cultivo sin recambio de agua

However, there were only 2 species (genus) for Pyrrophyta, 2 species (genus) for Xanthophyta, and 3 species (genus) for Chrysophyta, accounting for 2.6%, 2.6%, and 3.8% of the total number of algae, respectively, (Figure 2(a)).

Phytoplankton and eutrophication degree assessment of Baiyangdian Lake Wetland, China

(Pyrrophyta) from the anemone Aiptasia pallida (Anthozoa).

Probability of symbiosis establishment by giant clams with fresh and cultured Symbiodinium isolated from various host animals