Achnanthes Bory de Saint-Vincent

Description

Biovolumes

Species Achnanthes
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape parallelepiped
Formula l*w*h
Size class 1 2 3 4
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 2-3x10 2.5-3.5x12-17 3.5-4.5x17-22 4.5-6.5x25-35
Length(l1), µm 10.0 15.0 20.0 30.0
Width(w), µm 5 5 6 7
Height(h), µm 3.0 3.0 4.2 4.9
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 150 225 504 1 029
Comment HD fac.=0.6 HD fac.=0.6 HD fac.=0.7 HD fac.=0.7
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 17 23 45 80

Source

Olenina, I., Hajdu, S., Edler, L., Andersson, A., Wasmund, N., Busch, S., Göbel, J., Gromisz, S., Huseby, S., Huttunen, M., Jaanus, A., Kokkonen, P., Ledaine, I. and Niemkiewicz, E. 2006 Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, 144pp. (PDF),
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