Chrysochromulina birgeri G. Hällfors & Niemi
Chrysochromulina birgeri
Photographer/artist Seija Hällfors
Additional image information
- Title
- Chrysochromulina birgeri
- Photographer/artist
- Seija Hällfors
- Copyright holder
- Seija Hällfors
- Institute
- SYKE
- Contributor
- Ann-Turi Skjevik
- Location
- Baltic Sea
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Not described
- Contrast enhancement
- Not described
- Stain
- Not described
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 236971
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 55025
More info at http://algaebase.org
- Dyntaxa ID: 236971
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- Cells with two or four flagella, Two distinct size groups of almost identically constructed scales
- Other remarks
- Most often in or below ice
Distribution: Southern coast of Finland, Swedish West coast, Japan (Takahashi, E. 1981 in Hällfors 1989) - Life form
- Solitary
- Size
- length = 13-24 (31) µm, width = 8-11 µm
- Resting spore
- 0
- Literature
- Hällfors, G. & Niemi, Å. 1974. A Chrysochromulina (Haptophyceae) bloom under the ice in the Tvärminne Archipelago, southern coast of Finland. Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica. 50: 89-104.
Hällfors, G. 1989. Chrysochromulina birgeri G. Hällfors et Niemi (Prymnesiophyceae). Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Identification Sheet No. 2. Ann Bot. Fennici. 26: 91-92.
Hällfors, G. & Thomsen, A. 1979. Further observations on Chrysochromulina birgeri (Prymnesiophyceae) from the Tvärminne archipelago, SW coast of Finland. Acta Bot. Fennica. 110: 41-46.
Biovolumes
| Species | Chrysochromulina birgeri |
|---|---|
| Author | G. Hällfors & Niemi |
| Division | HAPTOPHYTA |
| Class | Prymnesiophyceae (Haptophyceae) |
| Order | PRYMNESIALES |
| Trophy | MX |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/6*d^2*l |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 8-11x13-24 |
| Length(l1), µm | 18.0 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 9.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 763 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 110 |
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
- 2012-09-14 11:15:00 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Chrysochromulina birgeri_2.jpg
- 2012-09-14 11:14:46 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Added media: Chrysochromulina birgeri_2.jpg
