| [red tides in méxico: a review]. | with the purpose to make a review on the red tides occurence at mexican coasts, previous studies were analyzed. dinoflagellates seem to be the main cause of toxic events mainly gonyaulax polygramma, gymnodinium catenatum, pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum and ptychodiscus brevis. there are other species which cause red tides but are not toxic. they are: mesodinium rubrum, gonyaulax triacantha, noctiluca scintillans, prorocentrum dentatum, gymnodinium splendens, g. sanguineum, ceratium tripos ... | 1995 | 8900570 |