Dinoflagellates exhibit a variety of feeding strategies, about half are autotrophic, since dinoflagellates have a slower generation time than diatoms they tend to follow diatom blooms.
Michoacan, Mexico is in the middle of Mexico between Guadalajara and Mexico City. It is Mexico's heartland, a great agricultural region as well of centers of indigenous crafts. This state has many climate and cultural variations and is known as La Alma de Mexico; The soul of Mexico.
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is located on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the state of Guererro. Set again the lush green backdrop of the Sierra Madre del Sur mountains, it runs along 26 kilometers of hilly tropical coastline with dozens of sandy beaches and scalloped coves.