Aphanothece stagnina (Spreng.) A.Braun

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Aphanothece stagnina

Photographer/artist Aimar Rakko

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Title
Aphanothece stagnina
Photographer/artist
Aimar Rakko
Copyright holder
Aimar Rakko
Copyright stamp
aimar@limnos.ee
Institute
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Contributor
Aimar Rakko
Sampling date
14.09.2015
Geographic area
Lake - Estonia
Location
Lake Karijärv
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
Not described
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Aphanothece stagnina
Author (Sprengel) A. Braun in Rabenhorst 1865
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell colony colony colony colony
Size range 3.8-9x3-5 3.8-9x3-5 3.8-9x3-5 3.8-9x3-5 3.8-9x3-5
Length(l1), µm 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4
Diameter(d1), µm 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 20 50 100 200
Calculated volume, µm3 54 1 072 2 679 5 359 10 718
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 9 182 454 908 1 816
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

  • 2015-09-20 04:41:41 Aimar Rakko - Updated media metadata for Aphanothece stagnina_1.jpg
  • 2015-09-20 04:40:12 Aimar Rakko - Added media: Aphanothece stagnina_1.jpg