Cyanodictyon planctonicum Barbara Meyer

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Cyanodictyon planctonicum

colonies looking like a net; occurrence - summer, late summer; cells oval to almosy rod-shaped, without aerotopes, 1,5 x 0.8-1 µm

Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka

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Title
Cyanodictyon planctonicum
Photographer/artist
Janina Kownacka
Copyright holder
Janina Kownacka
Copyright stamp
jmkownacka
Institute
National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Janina Kownacka
Caption
colonies looking like a net; occurrence - summer, late summer; cells oval to almosy rod-shaped, without aerotopes, 1,5 x 0.8-1 µm
Sampling date
June 2005
Geographic area
Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
Latitude, degree
54
Latitude, minute
40
Longitude, degree
19
Longitude, minute
00
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
No contrast enhancement
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Cyanodictyon planctonicum
Author Meyer 1994
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order CHROOCOCCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3 4 5
Unit cell colony colony colony colony
Size range 0.8-1x1-2 0.8-1x1-2 0.8-1x1-2 0.8-1x1-2 0.8-1x1-2
Length(l1), µm 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Diameter(d1), µm 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
No. of cells/counting unit 1 20 50 100 200
Calculated volume, µm3 0.6 13 32 64 127
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 0.1 3 7 14 28
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell based on individual cell

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

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