Used for antibiotics, anti fungal agents, mosquito larvicide. Use of polysaccharides to slow cell growth and movement for studies without killing cells. Pfisteria - Amanda Colorless dinoflagellate causes fish kills. Complex life cycle hard to kill 3 stages ameoba, cyst, and flagellated zoospore. Occurs in NC, Delaware, FL, SC, Virginia, Potomac, not in open ocean or inland lakes only in estuaries.
Nutrients encourage growth.
Photosynthetic and predator causes sores, narcosis, loss of valve control, lethargic escape response - stress, death in fish. In people causes narcosis sores, short term memory loss, difficulty breathing mostly short term symptoms. Water and lipid soluble toxins. Macrocystis pyrifera Giant Kelp - Randy Commercially imported support fish populations sea urchins eat sea otters protect from sea urchins. Needs rocky substrates.