Botryococcus Kützing
Botryococcus
Photographer/artist Susanne Busch
Additional image information
- Title
- Botryococcus
- Photographer/artist
- Susanne Busch
- Copyright holder
- Susanne Busch
- Copyright stamp
- S.Busch (IOW)
- Institute
- Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde
- 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
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