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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 6 | NUMBER 3 | PAGES 515-525 | 1984
© Oxford University Press

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Spectral properties of Noctiluca miliaris Suriray, a heterotrophic dinoflagellate*

W.M. Balch1 and F.T. Haxo2

1Institute of Marine Resources A-018, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA 2Marine Biology Research Division, A-002, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA

Received on August 1, 1983; accepted on February 1, 1984

This note examines the role of Noctiluca miliaris Suriray, a heterotrophic dinoflagellate, as a spectral light absorber and compares its light absorption to that of other dinoflagellates. The discussion emphasizes that carotenoids are responsible for much of Noctiluca's orange coloration and that an algal heterotroph can significantly alter ocean color. A bloom of Noctiluca could be detected by the Coastal Zone Color Scanner thus causing error in the estimate of autotrophic pigments as well as estimates of primary production.

1This paper is dedicated to Martin W.Johnson on the occasion of his 90th birthday.


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