Cryptomonas obovata Skuja

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Cryptomonas obovata
Author Skuja 1948
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
Unit cell cell cell cell cell
Size range 15-17 17-20 20-26 26-29 29-35
Length(l1), µm 16.0 18.0 23.0 28.0 33.0
Diameter(d1), µm 8.0 10.0 12.0 14.0 17.0
Diameter(d2), µm 6.4 8.0 9.6 11.2 11.9
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 429 754 1 387 2 298 3 494
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 64 109 193 310 459

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