Table 7. Comparison of Gambierdiscus species growth rates between the current and previous studies.

Species	This study		Other studies
	Strain Number	Growth rate (division day -1)	Strain Number	Growth rate (division day -1)
G. belizeanus	4	0–0.41	1	0.14 [22]
			1	0 - ~0.29 [28]
			2	0 - ~0.35 [29]
G. caribaeus	3	0–0.44	1	~0.10–0.20 [21]
			1	0–0.24 [23]
			1	0 - ~0.48 [28]
			NA	~ 0.29 [30]
			6	0 - ~0.46 [29]
G. carolinianus	3	0–0.48	1	0 - ~0.46 [28]
			5	0 - ~ 0.51 [29]
G. carpenteri	1	0–0.29	1	0 - ~0.55 [5]
G. pacificus	2	0–0.42	2	0.18–0.21 [22]
			1	0 - ~0.29 [28]
			1	0 - ~0.36 [5]
G. silvae	1	0–0.21		NA
Gambierdiscus. sp. type 4	2	0–0.34		NA
Gambierdiscus sp. type 5	1	0–0.27		NA
G. australes		NA	5	0.12–0.19 [22]
			1	0 - ~0.43 [5]
			1	0–0.26 [7]
G. polynesiensis		NA	3	0.13–0.17 [22]
G. ruetzleri/ F. ruetzleri		NA	1	0 - ~0.50 [28]
			2	0 - ~0.53 [29]
G. scabrosus		NA	1	0–0.40 [7]
G. toxicus		NA	5	0.16–0.19 [22]
Gambierdiscus sp. ribotype 2		NA	1	~0.14–0.29 [21]
			1	0 - ~0.17 [28]
			7	0 - ~0.28 [29]
Gambierdiscus sp. type 2		NA	1	0–0.24 [7]
Gambierdiscus sp. type 3		NA	1	0–0.37 [7]

NA: Not available

Growth rates for [28], [5] and [29] were estimated from Fig 5 in Tester et al. [28], Figs 2–4 in Kibler et al. [5] and Fig 4 in Kibler et al. [29], respectively. Data in day^-1 were converted into data in division day^-1 referring to Guillard [33].