Attheya decora T.West

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Attheya decora

Photographer/artist Susanne Busch

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Title
Attheya decora
Photographer/artist
Susanne Busch
Copyright holder
Susanne Busch
Copyright stamp
S.Busch (IOW)
Institute
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Susanne Busch
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
Phase contrast
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Attheya decora
Author T. West 1860
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape oval cylinder
Formula p/4*d1*d2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 14x18 16x20 20x20 20x28 20x31
Height(h), µm 18.0 20.0 20.0 28.0 31.0
Diameter(d1), µm 14.0 16.0 20.0 20.0 20.0
Diameter(d2), µm 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 14.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 791 1 005 1 256 2 198 6 814
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 65 78 94 148 370

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

  • 2014-01-06 12:20:50 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Attheya decora_2.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 12:20:02 Susanne Busch - Added media: Attheya decora_2.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 12:19:41 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Attheya decora_1.jpg
  • 2014-01-06 12:18:53 Susanne Busch - Added media: Attheya decora_1.jpg