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

Fernando Gómez; Hervé Claustre

doi:10.1017/S0025315403006945h

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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.

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