Chaetoceros gracilis Schütt, 1895

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Chaetoceros gracilis
Author Schütt 1895
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 3x6 4x5 5x7 6x8
Height(h), µm 6.0 5.0 7.3 8.0
Diameter(d1), µm 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
Diameter(d2), µm 2.4 3.2 4.0 4.8
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 34 50 114 181
Comment HD fac.=0.8 HD fac.=0.8 HD fac.=0.8 HD fac.=0.8
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 5 7 13 20

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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