Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton
Fragilaria crotonensis
cell size: 45x3µm
Photographer/artist Janina Kownacka
Additional image information
- Title
- Fragilaria crotonensis
- Photographer/artist
- Janina Kownacka
- Copyright holder
- Janina Kownacka
- Institute
- National Marine Fisheries Research Institute
- Contributing organisation
- HELCOM-PEG
- Contributor
- Janina Kownacka
- Caption
- cell size: 45x3µm
- Sampling date
- May 2011
- Geographic area
- Baltic Sea - The Gulf of Gdansk
- Location
- Vistula Lagoon
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
- Technique
- Light microscopy
- Preservation
- Lugols iodine
- Stain
- No stain
- Image galleries
- HELCOM-PEG
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 238014
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 31464
More info at http://algaebase.org - OMNIDIA code: FCRO
Used by many freshwater diatomists. See http://omnidia.free.fr/omnidia_english.htmand http://www.norbaf.net - REBECCA code: R0223
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 238014
Biovolumes
| Species | Fragilaria crotonensis |
|---|---|
| Author | Kitton 1869 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | BACILLARIALES (PENNALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | l*w*h/2 |
| Size class | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit | cell | cell | cell |
| Size range | 3-4x30-50 | 4-5x50-80 | 5-6x100-130 |
| Length(l1), µm | 40.0 | 65.0 | 115.0 |
| Width(w), µm | 3.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| Height(h), µm | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 210 | 585 | 1 581 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 22 | 51 | 113 |
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
- 2014-09-05 16:32:00 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Fragilaria crotonensis_2.jpg
- 2014-09-05 16:28:53 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Fragilaria crotonensis_2.jpg
- 2013-04-26 12:44:38 Janina Kownacka - Updated media metadata for Fragilaria crotonensis_1.jpg
- 2013-04-26 12:42:48 Janina Kownacka - Added media: Fragilaria crotonensis_1.jpg
