Tiny
dinoflagellates make the water come alive and speeding fish become underwater fireworks.
Not exact matches
That is how the
dinoflagellates that cause toxic «red tides» spread round the globe, how Chinese mitten crabs reached Europe, how Asian kelp
made it to southern Australia, and how Mediterranean mussels came to carpet the coast of South Africa.
That means the coral likely relies on microscopic symbiotic organisms called
dinoflagellates to biosynthesize cysteine for it,
making the coral particularly susceptible to changing climate conditions that endanger its tiny helpers.