Botryococcus Kützing
Botryococcus
Photographer/artist Seija Hällfors
Additional image information
- 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
Subordinate taxa
Illustration | Taxon name |
---|---|
Botryococcus braunii | |
Botryococcus neglectus | |
Botryococcus protuberans | |
Botryococcus terribilis |
Biovolumes
Species | Botryococcus |
---|---|
Division | CHLOROPHYTA |
Class | Chlorophyceae |
Order | CHLOROCOCCALES |
Trophy | AU |
Geometric shape | |
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