ABSTRACT Scientific production in developing countries is currently increasing, but there is still an unbalanced distribution of scientific production between developed and developing countries. With the need to elucidate disparities in scientific production, this paper aims to review publications on dinoflagellates in Brazil by discussing spatial and temporal trends. A search for papers referring to dinoflagellates was performed in the Scopus database up to the year of 2016. A total of 125 papers were found, but only 106 were selected according to established criteria. A linear regression was used to evaluate the increasing temporal trend in production and non-parametric ANOVA for comparisons among study categories. Dinoflagellate and toxic taxa-based publications have increased from 1990 to 2016 for Brazil, yet a discrepancy in performance with other countries is evident. There is a constant increase in the number of functional ecology studies focusing on toxin-producing species related to blooms. The spatial distribution of production in Brazil revealed that the Southeast and South regions are the most productive, where there more graduate programs and advanced research centers. Investments in this ecological subject are fundamental to the management of biodiversity, and a call for more equal resource distribution in developing countries is imperative.

Foram selecionados seis açudes que margeiam a Estrada do Feijão (BA 052), nos municípios de Feira de Santana e Angüera, entre as coordenadas 39º30'-39º00'W e 12º00'-12º30'S. Com a finalidade de se conhecer a flora vascular dos mesmos, esses tipos de plantas foram coletadas de agosto/1996 a dezembro/1997. Registraram-se 121 espécies distribuídas em 46 famílias. As famílias mais representativas foram: Cyperaceae, com 18 espécies (14,9%), Poaceae, com 13 (10,7%), Asteraceae, com 10 (8,3%), Scrophulariaceae e Fabaceae, com 6 (5,0%). As espécies que ocorreram em todos os açudes foram Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae), Echinochloa colona (L.) Link (Poaceae), Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC. (Nymphaeaceae) e Oxycarium cubense (Poepp. & Kunth.) Lye (Cyperaceae).

Six ponds were studied between August/1996 and December/1997 at the edge of State Highway BA 052, in the municipalities of Feira de Santana and Angüera, 39º30'-39º00'W and 12º00'-12º30'S.With the aim to know their vascular flora, one hundred and twenty-one species of vascular plants were collected, representing 46 families. The most frequent families were: Cyperaceae with 18 species (14.9%), Poaceae with 13 (10.7%), Asteraceae with 10 (8.3%), Scrophulariaceae and Fabaceae with 6 (5.0%). The species which were recorded in all lakes were: Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae), Echinochloa colona (L.) Link (Poaceae), Nymphaea ampla (Salisb.) DC. (Nymphaeaceae) and Oxycarium cubense (Poepp. & Kunth.) Lye (Cyperaceae).