Coastal Phytoplankton

Coastal phytoplankton boasts an incredible diversity of life forms. It is not rare to find 40 or 50 different species in just a few drops of water.In this "Photo Guide for Northern European Seas" we describe the major phytoplankton groups, diatoms and dinoflagellates with additional information on ciliates and smaller flagellates. In total we provide taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic information on more than 130 taxa. As the majority of students and professional plankton analysts will mainly work with the light microscope, the species in the book are documented with light micrographs, giving the reader a realistic view of species as seen in a water sample. The book is, therefore, not only suited for students and environmental managers, but also for amateur microscopists and laypersons.Dr. Alexandra Kraberg has worked with phytoplankton for over 12 years, including time as a phytoplankton analyst for long-term monitoring programmes in Ireland and the UK. After receiving her PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2002, she moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Science, where she has worked on a range of phytoplankton projects, e. g., dealing with intraspecific diversity in diatoms. Since 2004 she is the co-ordinator of the international PLANKTON*NET database system (planktonnet.awi.de). She is also a member of the ICES working group on phytoplankton and microbial ecology.Dr. Claus-Dieter Dürselen received his PhD from the University of Oldenburg in 1995. While at Olden­burg as a post doc, Dr. Dürselen worked as a phytoplankton expert in different national and international research projects. Together with a former research colleague, he founded the environmental company AquaEcology in 2002. Dr. Dürselen is a plankton consultant to the regional and local water authorities of Northern Germany.Prof. Dr. Marcus Baumann has studied phytoplankton of the North Sea and the polar regions, both the Arctic and the Antarctic for more than 30 years. After two years as a researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute he became head of the environmental services department at the FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences, before receiving a professorship in biotechnology. Currently he is the rector at the FH Aachen.

Coastal phytoplankton boasts an incredible diversity of life forms. It is not rare to find 40 or 50 different species in just a few drops of water.
In this Photo Guide for Northern European Seas we describe the major phytoplankton groups, diatoms and dinoflagellates with additional information on ciliates and smaller flagellates. In total we provide taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic information on more than 130 taxa. As the majority of students and professional plankton analysts will mainly work with the light microscope, the species in the book are documented with light micrographs, giving the reader a realistic view of species as seen in a water sample. The book is, therefore, not only suited for students and environmental managers, but also for amateur microscopists and laypersons.
Dr. Alexandra Kraberg has worked with phytoplankton for over 12 years, including time as a phytoplankton analyst for long-term monitoring programmes in Ireland and the UK. After receiving her PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2002, she moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Science, where she has worked on a range of phytoplankton projects, e. g., dealing with intraspecific diversity in diatoms. Since 2004 she is the co-ordinator of the international PLANKTON NET database system . She is also a member of the ICES working group on phytoplankton and microbial ecology.
Dr. Claus-Dieter Dürselen received his PhD from the University of Oldenburg in 1995. While at Olden burg as a post doc, Dr. Dürselen worked as a phytoplankton expert in different national and international research projects. Together with a former research colleague, he founded the environmental company AquaEcology in 2002. Dr. Dürselen is a plankton consultant to the regional and local water authorities of Northern Germany.
Prof. Dr. Marcus Baumann has studied phytoplankton of the North Sea and the polar regions, both the Arctic and the Antarctic for more than 30 years. After two years as a researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute he became head of the environmental services department at the FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences, before receiving a professorship in biotechnology. Currently he is the rector at the FH Aachen.

InhaltIntroduction 7Acknowledgements 7The diversity of phytoplankton and its classification 8General taxonomic comments 81. Diatoms 9Centric diatoms 10Pennate diatoms 132. Dinoflagellates 173. Other planktonic organisms 22Notes on methodology 23Ecological aspects concerning phytoplankton 25Nutrient supply 25Types of nutrition 26Factors influencing photosynthesis 27Food webs 27Annual succession of Phytoplankton 28'Harmful algal blooms' 29Alien species 30How to use this book 31Legends for page headers 31Centric Diatoms 32Bacteriastrum hyalinum 32Chaetoceros danicus 33Chaetoceros borealis 34Chaetoceros densus 35Chaetoceros eibenii 36Chaetoceros cf. compressus 37Chaetoceros lauderi 38Chaetoceros didymus 39Chaetoceros decipiens 40Chaetoceros curvisetus 41Chaetoceros debilis 42Chaetoceros diadema 43Chaetoceros socialis 44Chaetoceros subtilis 45Coscinodiscus asteromphalus 46Coscinodiscus concinnus 47Coscinodiscus granii 48Coscinodiscus radiatus 49Coscinodiscus wailesii 50Actinoptychus senarius 51Actinocyclus octonarius 52Podosira stelligera 53Melosira moniliformis 54Stephanopyxis turris 55Paralia sulcata 56Lauderia annulata 57Detonula confervacea 58Detonula pumila 59Skeletonema 60Porosira glacialis 61Thalassiosira angulata 62Thalassiosira anguste-lineata 63Thalassiosira eccentrica 64Thalassiosira hendeyi 65Thalassiosira minima 66Thalassiosira nordenskioeldii 67Thalassiosira punctigera 68Thalassiosira constricta 69Thalassiosira rotula 70Dactyliosolen fragilissimus 71Guinardia delicatula 72Guinardia striata 73Guinardia flaccida 74Proboscia alata 75Rhizosolenia imbricata 76Rhizosolenia styliformis 77Rhizosolenia hebetata f. semispina 78Rhizosolenia setigera 79Neocalyptrella robusta 80Leptocylindrus danicus 81Leptocylindrus minimus 82Brockmanniella brockmannii 83Plagiogrammopsis vanheurckii 84Cerataulina pelagica 85Eucampia zodiacus 86Ditylum brightwellii 87Helicotheca tamesis 88Lithodesmium undulatum 89Bellerochea malleus 90Mediopyxis helysia 91Biddulphia alternans 92Odontella sinensis 93Odontella mobiliensis 94Odontella regia 95Odontella rhombus 96Odontella aurita 97Triceratium favus 99Bacillaria paxillifer 99Cylindrotheca closterium 100Pseudo-nitzschia pungens 101Pseudo-nitzschia seriata 102Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima 103Meuniera membranacea 104Pleurosigma/Gyrosigma 105Asterionellopsis glacialis 106Asteroplanus karianus 107Striatella unipunctata 108Delphineis surirella 109Rhaphoneis amphiceros 110Thalassionema nitzschioides 111Other diatom species occasionally occurring in the German Bight 112Dinoflagellates 114Akashiwo sanguinea 114Amphidinium carterae 115Lepidodinium chlorophorum 116Gyrodinium spirale 117Gyrodinium undulans 118Sclerodinium calyptoglyphe 119Karenia mikimotoi 120Katodinium glaucum 121Polykrikos schwartzii 122Nematodinium armatum 123Torodinium robustum 124Noctiluca scintillans 125Dinophysis acuta 126Dinophysis norvegica 127Dinophysis acuminata 128Phalacroma rotundatum 129Mesoporos perforatus 130Prorocentrum micans 131Prorocentrum minimum 132Prorocentrum triestinum 133Ceratium furca 134Ceratium fusus 135Ceratium horridum 136Ceratium lineatum 137Ceratium macroceros 138Ceratium tripos 139Peridiniella danica 140Gonyaulax spinifera 141Alexandrium tamarense 142Alexandrium minutum 143Alexandrium ostenfeldii 144Protoceratium reticulatum 145Heterocapsa rotundata 146Heterocapsa triquetra 147Diplopsalis lenticula 148Oblea rotunda 149Preperidinium meunieri 150Protoperidinium 151Protoperidinium claudicans 152Protoperidinium depressum 153Protoperidinium pentagonum 154Protoperidinium divergens 155Protoperidinium conicum 156Protoperidinium obtusum 157Protoperidinium ovatum 158Protoperidinium pallidum 159Protoperidinium pellucidum 160Protoperidinium subinerme 161Protoperidinium pyriforme 162Protoperidinium steinii 163Protoperidinium bipes 164Protoperidinium brevipes 165Protoperidinium denticulatum 166Protoperidinium thorianum 167Protoperidinium minutum 168Scrippsiella cf. trochoidea 169Dissodinium 170Pyrophacus horologium 171Fragilidium subglobosum 172Marine Flagellates 173Chrysochromulina sp. 173Prymnesium sp. 174Emiliania huxleyi 174Phaeocystis sp. 174Phaeocystis globosa 174Phaeocystis pouchetii 175Chattonella sp. B. 175Fibrocapsa japonica 176Cryptomonas sp. C. 176Leucocryptos marina 176Hemiselmis sp. 177Rhodomonas sp. 177Teleaulax sp. 177Eutreptiella sp. 178Tetraselmis sp. 178Pyramimonas sp. 179Dictyocha speculum 179Dictyocha fibula 180Ciliates 181Laboea strobila 181Myrionecta rubra 181Lohmanniella oviformis 181Tiarina fusus 181Glossary 182General phytoplankton references 189Taxonomic references 189Web resources 197Index of Taxa 198