Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton

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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

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Biovolumes

Species Fragilaria crotonensis
Author Kitton 1869
Division CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA)
Class Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae)
Order BACILLARIALES (PENNALES)
Trophy AU
Geometric shape half parallelepiped
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