- Most Peridinium species are found
in fresh or brackish waters, and cannot tolerate high salinity
levels. The genus is nearly cosmopolitan in hard waters rich
in calcium, but can also be found in waters of low pH and low
nutrients. Peridinium is especially common in the United
States, Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico. Some species can form
blooms.
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- Peridinium cinctum
is quite common and can be found in freshwaters worldwide. Peridinium
balticum is a known diatom endosymbiont, while Peridinium
limbatum is common in bog environments.
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- The ecology of Lake Kinneret in Israel has
been researched extensively. Here Peridinium gatunense
forms large, conspicuous blooms February through June, accounting
for 90% of the total phytoplankton biomass. The species Peridinium
cinctum is known to migrate through 10 m of the Lake Kinneret
water column daily.
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