Chaetoceros calcitrans (Paulsen) Takano, 1968

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros calcitrans
Author (Paulsen) Takano 1968
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
Unit cell cell cell cell
Size range 3x3 5x8 7x8 9x9
Height(h), µm 3.0 8.0 8.0 9.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.0 5.0 7.0 9.0
Diameter(d2), µm 2.8 5.0 5.0 5.6
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 20 157 220 356
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 3 17 23 34

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),
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