Assertion: dinoflagellate | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: in tropical reef environments
type: LOCATION
value: as zooxanthellae
type: OTHER
value: extremely
type: DEGREE
value: as significant primary producers of biomass
type: MANNER
value: from an environmental and health perspective
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As already mentioned, dinoflagellates are important from an environmental and health perspective and also because they produce important bioactive products which have useful pharmacological activity and are utilized in research in areas such as ion channel mechanisms.
text: Dinoflagellates are common unicellular organisms found in all types of aquatic ecosystems and are important contributors to freshwater ecosystems as significant primary producers of biomass.
text: As zooxanthellae, dinoflagellates are extremely important primary producers in tropical reef environments Giant clams also depend upon zooxanthellae for photosynthate Economic Significance Important as primary producers Toxin production is also a major issue Pfiesteria piscicida seems to produce a water-soluable neurotoxin Watermen and others working on water suffer memory loss