Aulacoseira ambigua (Grunow) Simonsen

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Aulacoseira ambigua

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Aulacoseira ambigua
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
01.08.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Mjøsa
Latitude, degree
60.66335949
Longitude, degree
11.09969048
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Aulacoseira ambigua
Author (Grunow) Simonsen 1979
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 3-4x8-12 3-4x8-22 3-7x10-14 5-7x21-25 7-9x17-19 9-11x19-21 11-13x25-27
Height(h), µm 10.0 20.0 12.0 23.0 18.0 20.0 26.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.5 3.5 5.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 96 192 236 650 904 1570 2939
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 12 20 24 55 72 113 187

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

  • 2014-06-14 11:34:10 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Aulacoseira ambigua_3.jpg
  • 2014-06-14 11:30:57 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Aulacoseira ambigua_3.jpg
  • 2014-06-14 11:30:27 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Aulacoseira ambigua_2.jpg
  • 2014-06-14 11:27:05 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Aulacoseira ambigua_2.jpg
  • 2014-06-14 11:26:24 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Aulacoseira ambigua_1.jpg
  • 2014-06-14 11:22:07 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Aulacoseira ambigua_1.jpg