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Gonyaulax |
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Gonyaulax /Gony·au·lax/ (gon″e-aw´laks) a genus of dinoflagellates found in fresh, salt, or brackish waters, having yellow to brown chromatophores; it includes G. catanel´la, a poisonous species, which helps to form the destructive red tide in the ocean; see also under poison. Gonyaulax poisonous dinoflagellate which render shellfish eating them poisonous to animals eating the shellfish. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the North red tides were reported to occur occasionally, with Gonyaulax spp the main algal species involved, but all companies had developed good management systems and has installed filtration systems that controlled the problem. Following an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning, the potentially toxin-producing dinoflagellates Gonyaulax excavata (Braarud) Balech (= Alexandrium tamarense) and Prorocentrum minimum (Pavillard) Schiller were found on the gills and in the digestive tract of mussels from areas where the suspect mussels originated (Langeland et al. 1985) and of Shumway and Cucci (1987), who demonstrated the absence of intact Gonyaulax tarnarensis (= Alexandrium tarnarense = A. |
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