Eudorina elegans Ehrenb.

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Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg 1831

Photographer/artist Irina Olenina

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Title
Eudorina elegans Ehrenberg 1831
Photographer/artist
Irina Olenina
Institute
Department of Marine Research, Environmental Protection Agency
Contributing organisation
HELCOM-PEG
Contributor
Irina Olenina
Sampling date
20-09-2011
Location
South-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, Curonian Lagoon
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Image galleries
HELCOM-PEG

Synonym names

  • Eudorina unicocca

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Eudorina elegans
Author Ehrenberg 1831
Division CHLOROPHYTA
Class Chlorophyceae
Order VOLVOCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape sphere
Formula p/6*d^3
Size class 1 2
Unit cell cell
Size range 7-10 10-15
Diameter(d1), µm 8.4 12.6
No. of cells/counting unit 1 1
Calculated volume, µm3 310 1 047
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 47 148

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

  • 2012-06-06 10:46:48 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Eudorina elegans_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 10:45:44 Irina Olenina - Added media: Eudorina elegans_2.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 10:45:27 Irina Olenina - Updated media metadata for Eudorina elegans_1.jpg
  • 2012-06-06 10:44:24 Irina Olenina - Added media: Eudorina elegans_1.jpg