Gloeotrichia echinulata (Sm. & Sowerby) P.G.Richt.

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Gloeotrichia echinulata

Photographer/artist Aimar Rakko

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Title
Gloeotrichia echinulata
Photographer/artist
Aimar Rakko
Copyright holder
Aimar Rakko
Copyright stamp
aimar@limnos.ee
Institute
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Contributor
Aimar Rakko
Sampling date
26.07.2009
Geographic area
Lake - Estonia
Location
Lake Uljaste
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported
Technique
Light microscopy
Preservation
Lugols iodine
Contrast enhancement
DIC/Nomarski
Stain
Not described
Image galleries
Freshwater

Description

IDs in other systems
Tropic type
A

Biovolumes

Species Gloeotrichia echinulata
Author J.E. Smith ex P. Richter 1894
Division CYANOPHYTA (CYANOBACTERIA)
Class Nostocophyceae (Cyanophyceae)
Order NOSTOCALES
Trophy AU
Geometric shape cylinder
Formula p/4*d^2*h
Size class 1
Unit filament
Size range 6x100
Height(h), µm 100.0
Diameter(d1), µm 6.0
No. of cells/counting unit 13
Calculated volume, µm3 2 826
Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit 439
Comment on Carbon calculation based on individual cell

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

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  • 2015-07-22 18:57:15 Birger Skjelbred - Updated media metadata for Gloeotrichia echinulata_2.jpg
  • 2015-07-22 18:55:10 Birger Skjelbred - Added media: Gloeotrichia echinulata_2.jpg
  • 2015-01-02 15:35:53 Aimar Rakko - Updated media metadata for Gloeotrichia echinulata_1.jpg
  • 2015-01-02 15:33:39 Aimar Rakko - Added media: Gloeotrichia echinulata_1.jpg