Botryococcus Kützing

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Botryococcus

Photographer/artist Seija Hällfors

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Title
Botryococcus
Photographer/artist
Seija Hällfors
Copyright holder
Seija Hällfors
Institute
SYKE
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Location
Baltic Sea
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
Not described

Description

Biovolumes

Species Botryococcus
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order CHLOROCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Unit cell colony colony cell colony colony colony
Size range 3.5x6 3.5x6 3.5x6 4-5x8-10 4-5x8-10 4-5x8-10 4-5x8-10
Length(l1), µm 6.0 6.0 6.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
No. of cells/counting unit 1 10 20 1 45 90 150
Calculated volume, µm3 38 385 769 95 4292 8584 14307
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 7 67 133 16 557 1 067 1 724

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

  • 2015-04-24 06:43:09 Susanne Busch - Updated media metadata for Botryococcus_2.jpg
  • 2015-04-24 06:42:26 Susanne Busch - Added media: Botryococcus_2.jpg
  • 2012-09-14 10:56:25 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Botryococcus_1.jpg
  • 2012-09-14 10:56:12 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Botryococcus_1.jpg