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.
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico   It is in Mexico, on the coast of the Yucatan peninsula, on the Caribbean Sea.