Anabaena Bory ex Bornet & Flahault

Description

Biovolumes

Species Anabaena
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order NOSTOCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape chain of spheres
Formula p/6*d^3*l/d
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Unit filament filament filament filament filament filament cell cell cell
Size range 4-5x100 5-7x100 7-9x100 9-12x100 3-4x100 4-5x100 2-4 4-6 6-8
Length(l1), µm 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Height(h), µm 100.0 100.0
Diameter(d1), µm 4.5 6.0 8.0 11.0 3.5 4.5 3.0 5.0 7.0
No. of cells/counting unit 22 17 13 9 20 17 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 1 060 1 884 3 349 6 332 962 1 590 14 65 180
Comment 1 1 1 1
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 181 305 514 917 164 260 3 13 33
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell

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),
PEG_BVOL.zip

Change History

  • 2012-03-27 13:43:43 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Deleted media: Anabaena_1.jpg
  • 2011-09-26 11:12:23 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Anabaena_1.jpg
  • 2011-09-26 11:09:06 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Anabaena_1.jpg