Cryptomonas ovata Ehrenb.

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Cryptomonas ovata
Author Ehrenberg 1832
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 13-16 16-20 20-26 26-29 29-35
Length(l1), µm 14.0 19.0 24.0 29.0 32.0
Diameter(d1), µm 7.0 13.0 13.0 14.5 15.5
Diameter(d2), µm 6.0 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 308 1 086 1 372 1 849 2 180
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 47 153 191 252 295

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