COEXLSTENCE OF TOXIC AND NONTOXIC DINOKLAGELLAIES RESEMBLING GQNYAULAX TAMARENSIS IN NEW ENCILAND COASTAL WATERS (NW ATLANTIC)<sup>1</sup>

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<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title><jats:p>Two forms resembling Gonyaulax tamarrensis Lebour coexist in Maine cosat plankton; one is toxic, the other is nontoxic. At times, red patches of dinoflagellates were identified as G. tamarensis, yet only presumed to he toxic. Toxic froms were found in June, July 1975 and 1976. The nontoxic form was found in a more esraurine area, e.g., mid‐July 1975, early July 1976. These two forms are not easily distinguished by conventional microncopic ohservation, nor by pigment analysis. Preliminary observations suggest that the nontoxic form is smaller than G. excavata (Braarud) Balech and tacks the “excavated” ventrat region. Characteristic G. excavata resting cysts were found in sediment from the shellfish toxic area off Newagen and Monhegan (Maine) and were not found in sediments from areas where the nontoxic form bloomed. There appear to be a minimum of two G. tamarensis‐like organisms. Full systematic treatment of these must await further information.</jats:p>

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