Dinobryon balticum (Schütt) Lemmerm.

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Dinobryon balticum

Photographer/artist Ann-Turi Skjevik

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Title
Dinobryon balticum
Photographer/artist
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Copyright holder
Ann-Turi Skjevik
Contributor
Ann-Turi Skjevik
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Skagerrak-Kattegat

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A
Other remarks
Mixotrophic (Mckenzie et al.1995)
Distribution: Widely
Life form
Colony
Size
Lorica length 32-66 µm, width 3-5 µm
Culture collections
SCCAP
The Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa at the University of Copenhagen
More info at http://www.sccap.dk.
Strains: K-0486
Literature
McKenzie, C. H., Deibel, D., Paranjape, M. A. & Thompson, R. J. 1995. The marine mixotroph Dinobryon balticum (Chrysophyceae): Phagotrophy and survival in a cold ocean. Journal of Phycology. 31: 19-24.
Throndsen, J. 1993. The planktonic marine flagellates. In: (Tomas eds.) Marine Phytoplankton: a guide to naked flagellates and coccolithophorids. Academic Press, San Diego, pp. 7-145.

Biovolumes

Species Dinobryon balticum
Author (Schütt) Lemmermann 1901
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Chrysophyceae
Order OCHROMONADALES
Trophy MX
Geometric shape rotational ellipsoid
Formula p/6*d^2*l
Size class 1 2 3
Unit cell cell cell
Size range 2x10 4-5x7-12 6x12
Length(l1), µm 10.0 9.6 12.0
Diameter(d1), µm 2.0 4.5 6.0
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 21 102 226
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 4 17 35

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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