In population biology, a refugium is a location which supports a relict or isolated population of a once more widespread species. This isolation can be due to climatic changes, geography, or human act
Mountain gorilla
Two slopes with different sunlight exposure; only one is covered with snow
The Lake Pedder area had high geodiversity before it was flooded.
Dinoflagellate
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The dinoflagellates, also called dinophytes, are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered protists. Dinoflagellates are mostly
Refugium (population biology)
…populations. The Indo-Pacific Warm Pool has been proposed to be a longstanding refugium, based on the discovery of the "living fossil" of a marine dinoflagellate called Dapsilidinium pastielsii, currently found only in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool. For plants, anthropogenic climate change propels scientific interest…
Ceratium hirundinella
1. Ornithocercus; 2. diagram; 3. Exuviaella; 4. Prorocentrum; 5, 6. Ceratium; 7. Warnowia; 8. Citharistes; 9. Polykrikos
Dinophytic microalga isolated from sediments of Amur Bay
Algal bloom (akasio) by Noctiluca spp. in Nagasaki