Chroococcales Wettst.

Description

Biovolumes

Species Chroococcales
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Unit cell colony colony colony colony cell colony colony colony colony cell colony colony colony colony cell colony colony colony colony
Size range <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 2-3 <2 <2 <2 <2 <2 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5 0.8-1.5
Length(l1), µm 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Diameter(d1), µm 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
No. of cells/counting unit 1 20 50 100 200 1 20 50 100 200 1 20 50 100 200 1 20 50 100 200
Calculated volume, µm3 1.8 35 88 177 353 8 164 409 818 1 635 1.0 21 52 105 209 0.9 18 45 90 181
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 0.4 7 18 37 74 1.6 31 78 155 311 0.2 5 11 23 45 0.2 4 10 20 39
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell

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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