Marine Benthic Dinoflagellates

Dinoflagellates are single celled organisms in the kingdom ‘Protista.’ They are important primary producers (make food through photosynthesis), symbionts (live dependently but peacefully with/on other organisms), consumers (they eat things), and parasites. Some produce harmful toxins which can impact humans. Yet there has been a lack of comprehensive taxonomic studies on these species. This book, Marine Benthic Dinoflagellates, does an impressive job of filling in the knowledge gap: it provides identification help for more than 190 benthic dinoflagellates species with the aid of 200 color images. In addition, there are 150 scanning electron micrographs and more than 250 drawings to assist the student of dinoflagellate taxonomy. Readers of this book can increase their understanding of dinoflagellate biodiversity, biogeography, and ecology – making them part of an elite group of people with this knowledge, as information on this topic is quite limited.