Fragilaria crotonensis Kitton

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Fragilaria crotonensis

Photographer/artist Birger Skjelbred

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Title
Fragilaria crotonensis
Photographer/artist
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright holder
Birger Skjelbred
Copyright stamp
Birger Skjelbred
Institute
NIVA
Contributing organisation
NIVA
Contributor
Birger Skjelbred
Sampling date
21.08.2013
Geographic area
Lake - Norway
Location
Årungen
Latitude, degree
59.686
Longitude, degree
10.749
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
No preservation
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
No stain
Image galleries
Freshwater

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