Asterionella formosa Hassall
Asterionella formosa
Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred
Additional image information
- Title
- Asterionella formosa
- Photographer/artist
- Birger Skjelbred
- Copyright holder
- Birger Skjelbred
- Copyright stamp
- Birger Skjelbred
- Institute
- NIVA
- Contributing organisation
- NIVA
- Contributor
- Birger Skjelbred
- Sampling date
- 18.06.2013
- Geographic area
- Lake - Norway
- Location
- Årungen
- Latitude, degree
- 59.6860457818266
- Longitude, degree
- 10.7494366176457
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- No preservation
- Contrast enhancement
- Phase contrast
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- Freshwater
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 257393
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 31441
More info at http://algaebase.org - OMNIDIA code: AFOR
Used by many freshwater diatomists. See http://omnidia.free.fr/omnidia_english.htmand http://www.norbaf.net - REBECCA code: R0135
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 257393
Subordinate taxa
| Illustration | Taxon name |
|---|---|
|
Asterionella formosa var. ralfsii |
Biovolumes
| Species | Asterionella formosa |
|---|---|
| Author | Hassall 1850 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | BACILLARIALES (PENNALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | l*w*h |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 3-4x40-60 | 3-4x60-80 | 3-4x80-100 |
| Length(l1), µm | 50.0 | 70.0 | 90.0 |
| Width(w), µm | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Height(h), µm | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 613 | 858 | 1 103 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 52 | 69 | 84 |
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
- 2018-03-25 21:31:07 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_7.jpg
- 2018-03-25 21:27:35 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Asterionella formosa_7.jpg
- 2015-01-29 05:26:36 Aimar Rakko - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_6.jpg
- 2015-01-29 05:25:46 Aimar Rakko - Added media: Asterionella formosa_6.jpg
- 2015-01-29 05:25:13 Aimar Rakko - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_5.jpg
- 2015-01-29 05:23:37 Aimar Rakko - Added media: Asterionella formosa_5.jpg
- 2014-08-01 12:39:11 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_4.jpg
- 2014-08-01 12:36:37 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Asterionella formosa_4.jpg
- 2013-11-01 14:31:31 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_3.jpg
- 2013-11-01 14:30:36 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Asterionella formosa_3.jpg
- 2013-04-26 10:33:36 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_2.jpg
- 2013-04-26 10:31:16 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Asterionella formosa_2.jpg
- 2012-10-03 07:43:08 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Asterionella formosa_1.jpg
- 2012-10-03 07:40:43 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Asterionella formosa_1.jpg
