SOME OBSERVATIONS ON MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE RED-WATER CILIATE MESODINIUM-RUBRUM

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CRAWFORD, DW
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10.1017/S002531540003486X
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Q17 [水生生物学];
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Living cells of the ciliate Mesodinium rubrum were observed and photographed during summer red-water events in the Southampton Water estuary, southern England. These blooms were characterized by increases in maximum cell diameter and range of cell size, a pronounced morphological variation of the 'oral' hemisphere, and the presence of free-swimming 'fragments' of larger cells.
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