Closterium Nitzsch ex Ralfs

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Closterium sp.

Culture

Photographer/artist Gert Hansen

Additional image information

Title
Closterium sp.
Photographer/artist
Gert Hansen
Copyright holder
Gert Hansen
Copyright stamp
Gert Hansen
Institute
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
Contributing organisation
SCCAP, University of Copenhagen
Contributor
Bengt Karlson
Caption
Culture
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
Not described
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

Biovolumes

Species Closterium
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Charophyceae
Order ZYGNEMATALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape 2 cones
Formula p/12*d^2*h
Size class 1 2 3
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 10-11x150-250 30x150-200 5-10x100-150
Height(h), µm 200.0 170.0 125.0
Diameter(d1), µm 10.0 30.0 7.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 5 233 40 035 1 603
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 670 4 530 221

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

  • 2011-10-07 13:53:48 Bengt Karlson - Updated media metadata for Closterium_1.jpg
  • 2011-10-07 13:53:22 Bengt Karlson - Added media: Closterium_1.jpg