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The genus Asterodinium (Dinophyceae) as a possible biological indicator of warming in the western Mediterranean Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2003

Fernando Gómez  and
Hervé Claustre
Fernando Gómez
Affiliation:
Department of Aquatic Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Hervé Claustre
Affiliation:
Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, CNRS-INSU and University P. & M. Curie, BP 08, 06238 Villefranche-sur-Mer Cedex, France
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Abstract

The presence of two dinoflagellate species of the genus Asterodinium, which are a priori representative of warm waters, is reported for the first time in the western Mediterranean Sea. Asterodinium libanum was identified in the Bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer (Ligurian Sea), while Asterodinium gracile is reported in the Tyrrhenian Sea. These findings are discussed in the context of the progressive warming of Mediterranean waters.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 173 - 174
Copyright
© 2003 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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