| Dinoflagellate |
Unicellular algae with two dissimilar flagella, some of them overlapping cellulose plates called the theca. |
| Nutrients |
A substance that is needed to keep plankton alive and to help it to grow, that include ammonia , nitrites, orthophosphates, and silicate. |
| Plankton |
The weakly swimming but mostly drifting small organisms that inhabit the water column. |
| Phytoplankton |
Phytoplankton are free floating flora which convert inorganic compounds into complex organic compounds. This process of primary productivity supports the pelagic food-chain. |
| Protist |
A heterogeneous group of living things, comprising those eukaryotes which are neither animals, plants, or fungi. |
| Red Tide |
Red tide is a term used to describe all phenomena which the water is discolored by high algal biomass or concentration of algea. Color of red tides are reddish-brown, brown, green, yellowish, bluish green and white. |
| Salinity |
The dry weight of salts per kilogram of sea water (The practical definition of salinity is based on the conductivity of a sample of sea water in comparison with that of a standard solution of KCl.). |
