Aphanizomenon Morren ex Bornet & Flahault
Aphanizomenon sp.
Colonies of Aphanizomenon sp. from the Baltic Sea (seen in stereo microscope).
Photographer/artist Helena Höglander
Additional image information
- Title
- Aphanizomenon sp.
- Photographer/artist
- Helena Höglander
- Copyright holder
- Helena Höglander
- Copyright stamp
- Helena Höglander
- Institute
- Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Helena Höglander
- Caption
- Colonies of Aphanizomenon sp. from the Baltic Sea (seen in stereo microscope).
- Sampling date
- 2000-08-15
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - Northern Baltic proper
- Location
- Station Askö (B1)
- Latitude, degree
- 58
- Latitude, minute
- 48.28
- Longitude, degree
- 17
- Longitude, minute
- 37.6
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Description
Subordinate taxa
Biovolumes
| Species | Aphanizomenon |
|---|---|
| Division | CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA) |
| Class | Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae) |
| Order | NOSTOCALES |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | filament | filament | filament | filament | filament |
| Size range | 4x100 | 2x100 | 2.5x100 | 3x100 | 5x100 |
| Height(h), µm | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 4.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 11 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 11 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 1 256 | 314 | 491 | 707 | 1 963 |
| Comment | 2 | ||||
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 203 | 57 | 86 | 121 | 309 |
| Comment on Carbon calculation | 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
- 2015-04-24 06:39:29 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_5.jpg
- 2015-04-24 06:38:42 Susanne Busch - Added media: Aphanizomenon_5.jpg
- 2015-04-24 06:38:06 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_4.jpg
- 2015-04-24 06:36:50 Susanne Busch - Added media: Aphanizomenon_4.jpg
- 2015-04-23 11:00:15 Regina Hansen - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_3.png
- 2015-04-23 10:53:20 Regina Hansen - Added media: Aphanizomenon_3.png
- 2012-02-21 11:50:29 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_2.jpg
- 2012-02-21 11:41:51 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Added media: Aphanizomenon_2.jpg
- 2012-02-21 07:30:52 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_1.jpg
- 2012-02-21 07:30:02 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Updated media metadata for Aphanizomenon_1.jpg
- 2012-02-21 07:13:46 Helena_Hoglander_PEG - Added media: Aphanizomenon_1.jpg
