Aphanocapsa Nägeli

Description

Biovolumes

Species Aphanocapsa
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Unit cell colony colony colony colony cell colony colony colony colony cell colony colony colony colony
Size range 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-4 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5
Diameter(d1), µm 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
No. of cells/counting unit 1 20 50 100 200 1 20 50 100 200 1 20 50 100 200
Calculated volume, µm3 1.8 35 88 177 353 14 283 707 1 413 2 826 0.9 18 45 90 181
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 0.4 7 18 37 74 3 52 130 260 519 0.2 4 10 20 39
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 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),
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