Biovolumes
| Species |
Fragilaria |
| Division |
CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class |
Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order |
BACILLARIALES (PENNALES) |
| Trophy |
AU |
| Geometric shape |
 |
| Formula |
l*w*h/2 |
| Size class |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| Unit |
cell |
cell |
cell |
cell |
| Size range |
2-3x15-30 |
3-4x30-40 |
5-6x40-60 |
7-8x60-80 |
| Length(l1), µm |
22.0 |
35.0 |
50.0 |
70.0 |
| Width(w), µm |
2.5 |
3.5 |
5.5 |
7.5 |
| Height(h), µm |
2.5 |
3.5 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 |
69 |
214 |
688 |
1 313 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit |
9 |
22 |
58 |
97 |
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
