Assertion: dinoflagellate | /r/CapableOf | produce toxin
Facets:
value: in order to kill potential predators
type: PURPOSE
value: as a means
type: MANNER
value: in order to kill rivals
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is thought that dinoflagellates produce these toxins in order to kill off rivals and potential predators (and possibly even as a means of locating a potential mate).
text: Later studies have shown that indeed if you remove the symbiotic bacteria of specific Alexandrium species, the dinoflagellate produces less toxin.
text: Some dinoflagellates produce toxins that are among the most poisonous known.
text: As well, some dinoflagellates can produce toxins that can find their way into higher species, particularly those such as shellfish that feed by filtering water through them.
text: Because some dinoflagellates produce toxins, when there are too many in the water, they can creep up the food chain, killing animals and making people sick.
text: Red tides, when dinoflagellates eaten by molluscs produce toxins that collect in the shellfish and then poison larger animals, cause tremendous economic damage and public health concerns and have become more and more common globally.
text: Pfiesteria is a type of dinoflagellate that is known to produce toxins that can kill fish.
text: Some dinoflagellates produce toxins that are dangerous to man, marine mammals, fish, seabirds, and other components of the marine food chain (Van Dolah, 2000).
text: Red tides, when dinoflagellates eaten by molluscs produce toxins that collect in the shellfish and then poison larger animals, cause tremendous economic damage and public health concerns and have become more and more common globally.
text: Red tides, when dinoflagellates eaten by molluscs produce toxins that collect in the shellfish and then poison larger animals, cause tremendous economic damage and public health concerns and have become more and more common globally.