Cryptomonas Ehrenb.

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Cryptomonas

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

Additional image information

Title
Cryptomonas
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
18.09.2014
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Vatnebrynnvatnet
Latitude, degree
59.87581
Longitude, degree
9.5242
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

Biovolumes

Species Cryptomonas
Division CRYPTOPHYTA
Class Cryptophyceae
Order CRYPTOMONADALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape flattened ellipsoid
Formula p/6*l*d1*d2
Size class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Unit cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 16-18x7-8 20-26x10-13 26-30x13-14 30-35x15-18 8-12x4-5 12-17x6 17-22x6 30-35x20-25 18-22x10-15
Length(l1), µm 17.0 23.0 28.0 32.5
Height(h), µm 10.0 15.0 20.0 30.0 20.0
Diameter(d1), µm 7.5 11.5 13.5 16.5 4.5 6.0 6.0 23.0 13.0
Diameter(d2), µm 6.0 9.2 10.8 13.2
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 400 1 273 2 136 3 704 65 170 217 5 744 1 172
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 60 178 289 485 11 27 34 732 164

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

  • 2019-10-19 11:23:11 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Cryptomonas_1.jpg
  • 2019-10-19 11:20:34 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Cryptomonas_1.jpg