Chaetoceros convolutus Castracane, 1886

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Chaetoceros cf. convolutus

Photographer/artist Lars Edler

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Title
Chaetoceros cf. convolutus
Photographer/artist
Lars Edler
Copyright holder
Lars Edler
Institute
WEAQ AB
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Not described
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

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Tropic type
A

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Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros convolutus
Author Castracane 1886
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 5 6 7 8 9 10
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 16x19 20x41 12-16x10-14 16-20x14-18 20-24x18-22 10-14x12-16 14-18x16-20 18-22x20-24 25x15 15x25
Height(h), µm 19.0 41.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 14.0 18.0 22.0 15.0 25.0
Diameter(d1), µm 16.0 20.0 14.0 18.0 22.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 25.0 15.0
Diameter(d2), µm 16.0 20.0 8.4 10.8 13.2 7.2 9.6 12.0 15.0 9.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 3 818 12 874 1 108 2 442 4 559 950 2 170 4 145 4 416 2 649
Comment HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60 HD fac.=0.60
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 231 620 85 161 267 75 146 247 260 172

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

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