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.
The state of Chihuahua, located to the north of the country, is the largest state in Mexico. To the south, it borders with the states of Durango and Sinaloa; to the east with the state of Coahuila and to the north with the American sates of Texas and New Mexico.