Selenium Requirement of the Dinoflagellate Peridinopsis Borgei (Lemm)

✍ Scribed by Kåre Lindström

• Book ID: 102869894
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 580 KB
• Volume: 70
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1434-2944
• DOI: 10.1002/iroh.19850700107

✦ Synopsis

An indispensable dependence on selenium (Se) was established for the dinoflagellate Peridinopsis Borgei (LEMM.) LEMM. The alga regularly blooms in semi-meromictic lakes close t o the Baltic Sea. A vitamin Biz requirement is indicated for the alga as well as increased levels of micronutrients. A culture medium specifically designed for P . Borgei is presented.

i Dedicated to Prof. Dr. HUBERT CASPERS for his seventieth birthday.