Planktonic mixotrophic and heterotrophic dinoflagellates are ubiquitous protists and often
abundant in marine environments. Recently many phototrophic dinoflagellate species have …

The cosmopolitan presence of dinoflagellates in aquatic habitats is now believed to be a
direct consequence of the different trophic modes they have developed through evolution …

Many protist plankton are mixotrophs, combining phototrophy and phagotrophy. Their role in
freshwater and marine ecology has emerged as a major developing feature of plankton …

Historically most harmful algal species (HAS) have been thought to be strictly phototrophic.
Mixotrophy, the use of phototrophy and heterotrophy in combination, has been emphasized …

Red tides–discolorations of the sea surface due to dense plankton blooms–occur regularly
in coastal and offshore waters along much of the world's coastline. Red tides often cause …

Mixotrophy (ie combined use of photosynthesis and food uptake for growth) is widespread
among marine dinoflagellates. Species with permanent chloroplasts generally display a …

Phagotrophic protists are diverse and abundant in aquatic and terrestrial environments,
making them fundamental to the transfer of matter/energy within their respective food webs …

Functional ecology is a subdiscipline that aims to enable a mechanistic understanding of
patterns and processes from the organismic to the ecosystem level. This paper addresses …

A mechanistic model is described for carbon–nitrogen–phosphorous-based interactions
within a protistan mixotroph. The model describes interactions between photosynthesis (with …

Plastid endosymbiosis has been a major force in the evolution of eukaryotic cellular
complexity, but how endosymbionts are integrated is still poorly understood at a mechanistic …